HIST 1311 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: The Federalist Papers, Connecticut Compromise
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He is a creel from the dominican considered of the smartest of his time. He will be washington"s second during the war. Hamilton wanted with a strong government he even allowed monarchy in the. He is from virginia and he believes having a weak government is what was fought for the war. The author of the declaration of independence and believes liberty is the power having a weak government is the key. Every state joined together, they all wanted to change the constitution but there was no agreement to issue new statements. Smaller states wanted more representation and larger states wanted representation from population. One vote per state - vote by population. Slaves should not count - slaves counted towards population. With these discussions the convention was breaking up. 3/5ths compromise: slaves counted as 3/5ths of a person only for purposes of representation. Slave trade compromise: no discussion on slavery for 20 years (1807)
