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Essay Archive - The Three Great Compromises
The Three Great Compromises
The United States of America was founded on the basis of compromise, but
what does compromise really mean? According to the Webster's New World
Dictionary compromise means "an adjustment of opposing principles". Political
systems use compromises in daily life. The Three Great Compromises that
occurred early in this nation's government were the Connecticut Compromise, the
3/5 Compromise, and finally the Commerce & Slave Trade Compromise. Were it not
for these compromises the United States could still be governed under the
Articles of Conferderation.
The Connecticut Compromise was the most important ....
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