Question

What key disagreements emerged during the drafting of the Constitution how were these issues resolved

Answer 1

for the name of all things holy, use this for reference and DO NOT COPY WORD FOR WORD (got 100 on Edge btw)

Step-by-step explanation:

The Articles of Confederation were written to help govern the colonies, but it would soon be realized that these would not be sufficient. The federal government had minimal power over the people as the majority of it was allotted to the state governments. The idea was to write a Constitution to help solve some of the many issues that began to arise under the Articles of Confederation. The federal government could not impose taxes, regulate trade, or enforce laws. Issues like inflation, national debt, and the market being flooded by foreign goods were issues that remained unaddressed because the federal government had no power to do anything about them. The drafting of the Constitution was no simple task. It had to meet the needs and standards of all thirteen colonies. Two majorly opposing perspectives were introduced with the publishing of the Virginia and New Jersey Plans. In the Virginia Plan, there was the proposal of a representation based on the population and a bicameral Congress. The Virginia Plan was mainly supported by large or growing states because of the advantages that would be offered by a representation based on their population. In the New Jersey Plan, a unicameral Congress was proposed and so was the idea that every state should have the same number of representatives. Smaller states tended to support the New Jersey Plan because then they would have an even playing ground when it came to governmental representation. The Great Compromise would ultimately combine certain aspects of each plan offered at the Grand (Constitutional) Convention. The Great Compromise decided on a two-house Congress, representation in one house based on population, and equal representation in the second house. Another big debate arose when it came to deciding how slaves would factor into population. The northerners tended to argue that slaves should not count at all when determining representation in the House of Representatives, but since southerners had a higher slave population, counting the slaves into their population would offer a big advantage in their representation. The Three-Fifths Compromise would eventually be approves, which would state that slaves would each count as three-fifths of a person. This series of compromises would lead to a much better functioning government than there was under the Articles of Confederation.

Answer 2

The answer is below

Step-by-step explanation:

The Key disagreements and solutions are:

1. Representation in Congress: here there were disagreements on how to elect the members of the congress and the number of representatives each states will have. The issues were resolved by agreeing to one Representation for every 30,000 white citizens, plus 3/5 of its slave population, voted directly by the people. Also, each state will have 2 representatives in the senate selected by each state legislative.

2. Power of the executive: the issues here was on the power given to President, particularly on veto power and the number of years to use per term. The agreement was 4 years per term with no limit on number re-election. Also, veto power was given to president but subject to override. Another issue is on how to vote for president. The agreement is to be based on electors (senators) from each state who would vote “in such manner” as its legislature might “direct.”

3. Issue of slave trade: the issue is on whether slavery should continue or abolished. They agreed that no law could be passed to ban the slave trade until 1808.

4. Inclusion of Bill of Rights: here the issue is on the power given to national government which may voilates the rights of individuals and states. They finally agreed on inclusion of Bill of Rights which has 10 amendments.