Who+Shall+Be+Counted?

=__African American Slaves __=

**Discussions of who shall be counted. **

 * Southerners believed that their economy depended on the slave trade and the slaves.
 * The original Declaration of Independence didn't allow slavery, so the Southern states didn't sign until it was removed
 * The delegates at the convention were forced to change the document

**How slaves would be counted for representation? **

 * Southerners wanted the slaves to be counted for seats in Congress for states, but not for levying taxes
 * The Northern states wanted it different
 * The Northern states thought the Southern states should be counted for both or neither

**What issues did this cause? **

 * ﻿ The Southern states declared that they would walk out of the convention if they didn't allow slavery
 * Similar arguments were made at the Second Continental Congress
 * The Convention was at a standstill

**How it was resolved? **

 * The proposal: slaves could be imported for 20 years after the Declaration of Independence was ratified
 * After that slaves would be illegal
 * The delegates came up with the 3/5 Compromise
 * Under the 3/5 compromise, slaves would be counted 3/5 of a person for both purposes
 * By counting 3 out of 5 slaves there would be some balance of representation in the North and the South
 * This was good because Southern delegates feared that the North dominated Congress.
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=__Women __=

What were the discussions?

 * Women were excluded from protection of the Bill of Rights
 * During the convention the delegates decided that the states would make a decision on whether women could vote or not
 * Women in all states lost their voting rights
 * The Constitution ignored the rights of women
 * Women couldn't own land

**What issues did this Cause? **

 * Women wanted to start their own conventions
 * Women became upset and had protests

**How was this resolved? **

 * Women wouldn't get the right to vote until 1920 in the 19th Amendment
 * The amendment stated that "The right of citizens of the United States to vote are not denied by any state on account of sex"
 * Many women held a convention at Seneca Falls of 1848 for the demand of women's suffrage
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=__**Native Americans **__=

**What were the discussions at the Convention? **

 * The Indians wanted to keep their land
 * The settlers were moving westward into the Indians territory causing conflicts
 * The delegates didn't want the Indians to be accounted for or have rights

**What issues did this cause? **

 * The British were helping the Indians with ammunition to fight off the settlers
 * War was erupting

**How was this resolved? **

 * Years after the Declaration of Independence was signed the U.S. sent in an army to attack the Indians
 * Settlers began moving westward again
 * In 1790 they came up with the Indian Intercourse Act
 * Which was also allowed the right to some land
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