Comparison Of The Three Fifths Dbq

After the revolutionary war the newly formed united states still had a major task ahead of them. They had to form a government that would help the satisfy the people's needs and demands. So the government created a system that would help solve many problems. This system would help protect people and also create a strong central government. The articles of confederation was the Untied States first attempt at creating a democratic government. Meaning instead of giving power to the central government they decided to divide it up with different states. But it all wasn't good, congress had trouble passing laws due to the fact that 9 of the 13 states had to agree before any laws could be passed (Doc 1). Congress did not have the power to collect the taxes needed to pay for the expense of the national government (Doc 2). Also the states refused to give the national government enough power to work correctly. …show more content…
The great compromise allowed both large and small states agree to the constitution without the congress having power. The small population states wanted congress with an equal representation from all states. But the lager populated wanted a congress, representation, and also the number of residents of each state (Doc 4&6). That wasn't the only problem that was going on, between the northern and the southern states their was the three-fifths compromise. The three-fifth compromise was a dispute over if slaves should be counted for as a person or not. Northern states thought that slaves should not be counted, while southern states thought that they should be. The compromise was that both sides agreed to was to count each slave as three-fifth of a person (Doc