American History 1787
2006-08-13 09:15:19 · 6 answers · asked by Java 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
because they had very small white populations compared to the northern states. so they came up with the 3/5 rule, where each slave counted as 3/5 of a white person. this at least somewhat evened the laying field in terms of legislators
2006-08-13 09:21:56 · answer #1 · answered by C_Millionaire 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They wanted them counted because the House of Representative is based on the population for a particular state, more people, more representatives. If the slaves were counted, that'd give the south more representatives.
2006-08-13 16:22:53 · answer #2 · answered by Becca 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the 2/3 count was done to give the south a larger population base and more senators, as they are based in popultaion which the north had much more of.
2006-08-13 16:21:21 · answer #3 · answered by gsschulte 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
becasue otherwise the North would have had an overwhelming majority in the House of Representatives...
2006-08-13 16:20:17 · answer #4 · answered by Klaatu Barada Nikto 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
b/c if they had more people, then they would have more representatives in the house. they wanted more power in congress.
2006-08-13 16:33:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
So they'd get more rep's. More ppl= more rep's
more rep's= more pro-slavery voting power >: (
2006-08-13 16:21:50 · answer #6 · answered by theobromo77 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋