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- No, slaves should be counted towards representation in Congress, not taxes.
- Slaves should be counted towards taxes, but not representation in Congress.
- This is called the 3/5 Compromise
- How about we count every three out of five slaves for taxes and representation in the House of Representatives?
- This is called a system of "Checks and Balances"
- We can give each branch ways of limiting the power of the other branches.
- What if one branch of government is too powerful, and starts to make bad decisions?
- We won't approve of it until you add a Bill of Rights.
- Why didn't New York and Virginia didn't approve the Constitution?
- The Bill of Rights were added four years later.
- These are delegates from NY and VA who refused to ratify the Constitution until it was working without issues.
- 9/13 states approved the Constitution, that is all that is needed to make it the "law of the land".
- I don't approve of the Constitution!
- Neither do I, you can't make us leave.
- The Bill of Rights should protect citizens by guaranteeing freedom and limitation on the government's power.
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- The Bill of Rights are the first 10 amendments in the constitution. They were added to the Constitution in 1791.
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