2. Puerto Rico is a territory and not officially a state.
(1 is Hawaii, 3 is Alaska, and 4 is the continental United States)
The delegates compromise was the great compromise (also known as the new jersey plan) in which the house would be divided into the house of representatives where the number of representatives would be based on population and the senate where each state would be given 2 representatives. This led to the problem of slaves and such the 3/5 compromise was born where a slave counted as 3/5 of a person.
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I'm pretty sure the answer is tenant farmers could use a skill they already had rather than starting over.