The Three-Fifth's Compromise

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In the 1776 Declaration of Independence was approved. 11 years later, Three-Fifths compromise was approved during the 1787 U.S Constitution Convention. But first the Northern States have a favored of 4 to 3 ration, but the Southern States disagree. The Southern States wanted a ration of 2 to 1 or 4 to 1 ration. Then James Wilson proposed the Three-Fifth's compromise. Three-Fifth's compromise is a compromise where every 5 enslaved people counted as 3 in the state population. All the states agree with the Three-Fifth's Compromise except New Hampshire and Rhode Island. After Three-Fifth's Compromise the Southern States had about 38 percent to nearly 45 percent on the seat in the first U.S Congress.

Three-Fifths compromise was the first disagreement

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