Blog - Notes

During the class period, Mr. Schick lectured us the Constitutional Convention, which focus on designing a new government for running the country. The main leaders are James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and Benjamin Franklin. They kept the door shut so no one can know what are they talking about.

• First decision - two houses in Congress
• Senate - each states gets one vote
• House of Representatives - vote determined by the population of state
• Slave - split the delegate into two groups
• North - Slave is property - no representation
• South - Slave should be counted with white (since they have more slave)
• Solution - The Three-fifth compromise - count 3/5 of each slave in determining political representation and taxation.