What did the delegates discuss?
A central issue at the Convention was whether the federal government or the states would have more power. Many delegates believed that the federal government should be able to overrule state laws, but others feared that a strong federal government would oppress their citizens.
How did delegates resolve the problem of state representation in Congress?
Each state would be equally represented in the Senate, with two delegates, while representation in the House of Representatives would be based upon population. The delegates finally agreed to this “Great Compromise,” which is also known as the Connecticut Compromise.
What did the delegates to the Constitutional Convention have in common?
Who wrote the Virginia Plan? What did the delegates have in common? The Virginia Plan offered a new federal constitution that would give sovereignty, or supreme power, to the central government. The Virginia Plan also divided the national government into three branches: Legislative, Executive, and Judicial.
Why did delegates argue over representation in Congress?
Delegates such as James Wilson of Pennsylvania argued that splitting the legislature into two Houses would allow each to act as a check on the other. Some delegates feared that proportional representation would allow the larger states to dominate Congress and pass laws adverse to the interests of the smaller states.
What three issues divided the delegates?
- Governmental Power.
- Representation.
- Slavery.
Why was the representation such a difficult issue to resolve?
Why do you think representation was such a difficult issue to resolve? States with more representatives in congress would have more voting power. Large states wanted to keep their power. Small states did not want large states to dominate the government.
Why was taxation without representation considered a violation of the social contact?
Why was taxation without representation considered a violation of the social contract? Taxation without representation indicated a lack of agreement between the government and the governed.
What happened as a result of taxation without representation?
Prior to the American Revolution The English Parliament had controlled colonial trade and taxed imports and exports since 1660. By the 1760’s, the Americans were being deprived of a historic right. Since the colonists had no representation in Parliament, the taxes violated the guaranteed Rights of Englishmen.
What is taxation without representation and why is it important?
a phrase, generally attributed to James Otis about 1761, that reflected the resentment of American colonists at being taxed by a British Parliament to which they elected no representatives and became an anti-British slogan before the American Revolution; in full, “Taxation without representation is tyranny.”