Roger Sherman's Compromise

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The Federalist and the Anti-federalist argued a lot over what should be ratified or what should be somewhere and what shouldn’t. This caused many arguments between them. It all started because of the Continental Congress trying to create a new government. This didn’t go over well with the states though because of all of the arguments over how it should be structured. So they put forward the idea of the New Jersey and Virginia plan. These Plans did not workout out for both large and small states. But one day a man named Roger Sherman created the Great Compromise which satisfied both small and big states. Another argument between the Northern and Southern states came about when the Three-Fifths compromise started. This Compromise allowed ⅗

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