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Financial support from the government

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Subsidies

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Each slave counted as 3/5 of a person for House representation and taxation (nullified by 13th Amendment).

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Three-Fifths Compromise

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Congress could tax imports but not exports.

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Commerce Compromise

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Meeting in Philadelphia, 1787, that produced a new constitution.

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Constitutional Convention

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"Large state" proposal for a new constitution advocating proportional representation in a bicameral Congress, favoring larger states, leading to a counterproposal from smaller states.

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Virginia Plan

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Proposal for equal state representation in Congress, regardless of population.

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New Jersey Plan

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Document embodying the fundamental laws of the U.S.

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U.S. Constitution

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Compromise by Constitutional Convention: equal representation in one house, population-based in the other.

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Great Compromise

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Formal approval

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Ratification

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First ten amendments to the Constitution

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Bill of Rights