The compromise counted three out of every five slaves as people, giving the Southern states a third more seats in Congress and a third more electoral votes. The Southerners were using their slaves to their advantage politically.
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<span>It was an improvement over Americas previous views that individual states should have more power than the Federal Government. After the failure that was the Articles of Confederation the abilities the constitution gave to the Federal government improved the economic and overall stability of the states from its traditional views on giving a single body too much power</span>
Mo the answer is A is the groups were able to own land and African slaves<span />
