This depends greatly on the time period in question, but during the Enlightenment, many Europeans believed "the citizens" were in charge of all things including governmental systems.
One of the major compromises made between the Northern and Southern states during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 concerned B) counting slaves in the population. As a result of this compromise the states agreed to count each slave as 3/5 of a person and the compromise thus became known as the three fifths compromise.
History is interesting and important. Learning about history can help me by teaching me about how people solved problems in the past because I can apply those lessons to my own life.
Answer:
forbid slavery north of the 36*30 line inside the louisiana purchase