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The delegates from every colony except Georgia met in Philadelphia on September 5.
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The Second Contitnental Congress met in Philadelphia on May 10, 1775.
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The Articles of confederation established "a firm league of friendship" among the states. The articles though were not ratified until March 1, 1781.
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The Framers gathered in Independence Hall to discuss the new constitution.
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Congress was forbidden the power to tax the export of goods from any state. It was also forbidden the power to act on the slave trade for a period of at least 20 years.
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It was agreed that Congress should be composed of two houses and was called The Great Compromise.
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It provided that all "free persons" should be counted, and so, too, should "three-fifths of all other persons."
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On the 17th the convention approved its work and 39 names were placed on the finished document.The Constitution was also called The Bundle of Compromises because it was a mix of The Connecticut Compromise, The Three-Fifths Compromise, and The Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise.