First the delegates argued over representation. James Madison offfered the new Jersey plan which stated that there would be one house of congress called the house of senate which would allow one vote per state. The large states didn't like this because they were bigger and demanded more representation. So William Patterson offered the Virginia Plan which stated that there would be one house of congress and it would be called the house of represenatives …showed first 75 words of 259 total…

…showed last 75 words of 259 total…decision was made called the Three-Fifths Compromise. It stated that for every five slaves, three would be counted for representation. Lastly the delegates argurued over taxation. The North wanted the slaves to be counted for taxes since they counted for population. The South didn't like this, because they wanted the slaves to count as population but not count for taxes. So the delegates decided to also use the Three-Fifths compromise on the slaves for taxes.