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Name ______________________________Date ______________________Social Studies 7Period _____________________ The Constitutional ConventionThe delegates at the Constitutional Convention had many problems to solve. Choose one of the problems below and list several possible solutions for that problem. Then write a few sentences explaining the solution that the convention eventually chose. What were the advantages and disadvantages of this solution?Problem 1: Representation in Congress. Will it be based on population of the state? Will every state have equal representation regardless of population?Problem 2: Executive Branch. Should there be a President of the US? How many? How many terms? How many years in a term?Problem 3: Counting of slaves for the purposes of taxation and representation. Should slaves be counted as part of a states population? Should slaves be counted for taxation purposes?Problem 4: Foreign Slave Trade (Importation of Slaves from Africa). Should it continue or should it stop?Problem 5: Power of the State Government vs. National (Federal) Government. How much power should the State Governments have? How much power should the National (Federal) Government have? Which government should have the most power?I chose problem number _______________.The problem is:Possible solutions of this problem are:The delegates at the Constitutional Convention solved this problem by:The advantages and disadvantages to this solution are: ................
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