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A New Government Must Be Made: 1786—1787
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Jeff Broadwater
Published: 10 June 2019
... negative Great Compromise Connecticut Compromise thomas jefferson’s years in europe confirmed his belief in America’s moral and material superiority over the Old World. 1 That belief, coupled with a more optimistic temperament, allowed him to view the national travails of the 1780s...
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The great compromise
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Donald A. Ritchie
Published: 10 June 2010
...2010 ‘The Great Compromise’ examines how the constitutional convention shaped the nature of Congress. This resulted in a proportional representative House of Representatives and an equality of the states in the Senate. Without this ‘Great Compromise’ the framers of the constitution would have been...
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The great compromise
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Donald A. Ritchie
Published: 28 July 2016
...2016 “The great compromise” examines how the constitutional convention shaped the nature of Congress. This resulted in a proportionally representative House of Representatives and an equality of the states in the Senate. Without this “Great Compromise” the framers of the Constitution would have...
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“Thirty Lashes, Well Laid On”
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Peter Irons
Published: 18 November 2021
...” publications and revolt, as some did. The chapter concludes with a discussion of the personal conflicts over slavery felt by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, and the role of Madison at the Constitutional Convention in 1787 in crafting the Great Compromise that legalized slavery as the price of creating...
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The U.S. Congress: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)
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Donald A. Ritchie
Published online: 28 July 2016
Published in print: 22 September 2016
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Published: 23 September 2015
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