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went against these laws. For instance, the “Three-Fifths Compromise,” created after the American Revolution, in 1787, during the Constitutional Congress in Philadelphia.The greatest division between the delegates was on whether or not to have constitutional protection for slavery. The Southern delegates of the Southern states, which mostly consisted…

The Three-Fifths Compromise-Article 1-Section 2 was reached between delegates from the southern states and the northern states during the 1787 United States Constitutional Convention. The Three-Fifths Compromise was a debate over how slaves would be counted when determining a state’s total population. It was important to know what the total population was for legislative representation and taxing purposes. The population number would determine the number of seats that a state would have in…

within the Ministerial “Seattle” had entered the annals of history before the tear gas faded from the skies over Capitol Hill. Yet, on the morning of December 1, as the national news programs were showing scenes of mayhem from the previous night, delegates arrived for the ministerial ensconced within a city effectively under martial law. Curfew had been imposed, the main streets were patrolled by phalanxes of National Guardsmen, and activists that marched toward the central business district…

convention was held for an infant nation in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Within the walls of this convention, 55 delegates changed the course of human history. These men tediously molded a document that would guide a newborn United States into its current future as global superpower two centuries later. After the United States Constitution was crafted, each of the delegates returned to their designated states where a vote was held to determine if this new, unfamiliar government would…

citizens vote on who they would like to be president. Despite the fact that their votes are not the deciding factor. The Electoral College is a system set where “Each state is awarded as many delegates as it has members of the House and Senate” combined (text, p. 63). This totals to be 538 votes total which results in 270 votes needed for a candidate to win the election. The Electoral College was meant to combine participation of citizens, legislatures…

assistive personnel while retaining accountability for a safe outcome” (p. 20). Furthermore, the delegate must accept the responsibility of performing the task, thus gaining the authority to…

one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Later on, he was part of the 1787 convention that started the United Sates Constitution. This convention took place after the Annapolis Convention took place in September 1786. At this convention, delegates from five different states called for this Constitutional Convention. Washington contributed on to leading states to independence and happiness. Now, he appears as an assistant framer who made the people happy. He was representing Virginia at…

Military services during the revolutionary war and his early political career had a large effect on the creation of the Federalist Papers which also had a great effect on his accomplishment and his contribution during the ratification debates as a delegate of the state of Virginia. As a college student at the College of New Jersey (current Princeton University), James Madison studied Latin, Greek, Rhetoric and Philosophy as well as Science, geography and mathematics. During his years at…

The ILM The Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM) is the UK’s largest management body, combining industry-leading qualifications and specialist member services. ILM is founded on the principle that skilled managers and leaders hold the key to creating productive workforces that deliver organisational and economic success. Our qualifications and membership services combine to drive up the standards of leadership and management and improve individual and team performance. Last year 90,000…

for almost ten years afterwards, was the Articles of Confederation. Like many first attempts, the Articles of government had some good ideas and meant well, but it was poorly executed. When delegates gathered in Philadelphia in 1787 to revise the Articles, they ended up creating a new constitution. The delegates from the various states each had their own agenda at the Constitutional Convention and that made it difficult for them to agree on what the new government should look like. In order to…