Answer: The answer is to get the Constitution ratified by all 13 states, the delegates to the Constitutional Convention had to reach several compromises.
The three major compromises were the Great Compromise, the Three-Fifths Compromise, and the Electoral College. The Great Compromise settled matters of representation in the federal government. The Three-Fifths Compromise settled matters of representation when it came to the enslaved population of southern states and the importation of enslaved Africans. The Electoral College settled how the president would be elected.
Prior to European contact, the Indigenous peoples of North America had numerous advanced civilizations. The Europeans brought diseases which destroyed much of the Native culture and killed up to 90% of the Native population.
In the Treaty of Versailles, the responsibility for starting the conflict and war reparations were <u>not</u> evenly distributed. Germany was the sole country that had to pay.
Florence is often named as the birthplace of the Renaissance. The early writers and artists of the period sprung from this city in the northern hills of Italy. As a center for the European wool trade, the political power of the city rested primarily in the hands of the wealthy merchants who dominated the industry.
