THE 3/5 CONFLICT OF STATES’ REPRESENTATION IN CONGRESS WOULD UNIFY THE NORTH AMERICAN STATES

CENTRALIZING THE US GOVERNMENT AFTER THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR WOULD BE DIFFICULT WITHOUT STATE FUNDING THROUGH TAXES AND STATE PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION IN THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH. THE 3/5 COMPROMISE WAS THE AGREEMENT THAT STRENGTHENED THE RISE OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT AND POSTPONED THE POTENTIAL OF CIVIL WAR FOR ANOTHER HUNDRED YEARS.