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3/5's compromise

A slave state could count 3/5's of its slave population to count as whole people. Gave Southern states more power. Framers put this in there or otherwise South wouldn't ratify constitution.

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New Jersey Plan

The New Jersey Plan (also known as the Small State or Paterson Plan) was a proposal for the structure of the United States Government proposed by William Paterson at the Constitutional Convention on June 15, 1787. Equal representation no matter what.

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Connecticut Plan

The Connecticut Compromise (also known as the Great Compromise of 1787 or Roger Sherman's Compromise) was an agreement between large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United States Constitution.

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3/5's compromise	A slave state could count 3/5's of its slave population to count as whole people. Gave Southern states more power. Framers put this in there or otherwise South wouldn't ratify constitution.
New Jersey Plan	The New Jersey Plan (also known as the Small State or Paterson Plan) was a proposal for the structure of the United States Government proposed by William Paterson at the Constitutional Convention on June 15, 1787. Equal representation no matter what.
Connecticut Plan	The Connecticut Compromise (also known as the Great Compromise of 1787 or Roger Sherman's Compromise) was an agreement between large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United States Constitution.

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