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</em></u>Three-Fifths Compromise
Major players: Southern states vs. Northern states
Major issue Slaves used to determine representation
Resolution One slave = 3/5 person
Connecticut Compromise
Major players: Large states vs. small states
Equal vote for all vs. population based
A House and Senate, one representing all states equally, and one representing based on population
The Connecticut Compromise was a solution that took into account the project presented by the populous State of Virginia and the project submitted by the less populous State of New Jersey.
The plan of Virginia proposed that the Representatives of each State before the Congress of the Nation would be chosen according to the amount of population; while the New Jersey plan proposed that each State had an equal number of Representatives.
The solution determined in Connecticut consisted in creating two legislative chambers: The House of Representatives whose members would be chosen according to the population of each State; and the Senate whose members would be in equal amount for each State.
The Three-fifths Commitment was a compromise between several positions in the negotiation carried out by the Southern States that supported slavery and the States of the North that were against slavery.
The States of the South initially requested that slaves be taken into account when choosing the Representatives before the Federal Congress; while the Northern States demanded that only free citizens be counted. It entered into the discussion if the slaves would be counted at the time of paying the taxes on the part of the States to the Federal government.
The solution that closed the negotiation was to count the slaves but to assert them as a ratio of 3/5. That is, each slave was equivalent to 1 free citizen at the time of adding Representatives of each State before the Federal Congress.
