In May of 1787, 55 men, representing 12 of the 13 states, met in Philadelphia to revise the Articles of Confederation. But they soon realized that the AOC was too weak to support the nation, so they decided to create a completely new constitution. This event is called the Constitutional Convention. It was during this convention, that the issues of the representation of the large and small states, the representation of enslaved Africa-Americans, and slave trade, were heavily debated on. Each issue was solved by a compromise that was agreed on by the delegates. The values that that were reflected by the compromises, were the values of a representative government and opportunity of a market economy.
The issues that were heavily debated and resolved with compromises were the issues of the representation of large and small states, the representation of enslaved African-Americans, and slave trade. The issue of representation of large and small states pertained to how each states......
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