1. CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES
THE COMPROMISES

2. THE VIRGINIA PLAN (The Big State Plan)
Authored by James Madison
3 Branches – Executive, Judicial, and Legislative
Bicameral legislature (2 houses)
Representation based on population
Executive and Judicial chosen by Congress

3. THE NEW JERSEY PLAN (The Small State Plan)
Authored by William Paterson
3 Branches
Unicameral legislature (1 house)
Representation: Each state would get one vote
Executive and Judicial chosen by the Congress

4. THE CONNECTICUT COMPROMISE (The Great Compromise)
Suggested by Roger Sherman
Congress to be bicameral with Senate and House of Representatives
Senate – states represented equally
House – representation based on population

5. THE THREE-FIFTHS COMPROMISE (Could slaves be counted?)
All “free persons” would be counted
Three-fifths of “all other persons”
Would be the basis for representation
Would also be the basis for any direct tax

6. 1790 CENSUS Total U.S. population 3,929,625
African-American ,624 slaves
population 59,557 free
New York City 33,000
Philadelphia 42,000
Virginia ,000

7. THE COMMERCE AND SLAVE TRADE COMPROMISE
Southerners feared Northerners would tax agricultural trade with England
Congress given power to regulate trade BUT was forbidden to tax exports
Southerners feared Northerners would stop the slave trade
Congress forbidden to interfere at least until 1808

8. OTHER COMPROMISES How to elect the President
election by the people?
by Congress?
by state legislatures?
Answer: The Electoral College System
How long should the President serve?
Answer: 4 years
How should judges be selected?
How should new states be admitted?
How should the Constitution be amended?