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Constitutional Convention Compromises
The major compromises that were made at the Constitutional Convention were that both of the parties wanted to change the whole document instead of amending the articles. The issues that were settled at this time was creating the senate, and the house. The senate allowed represenation by state, and the house established repersentation by population. Most of the issues that remained unsettled were woman's rights and immigration.

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