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In 1787, states sent representatives to Philadelphia to revise the [BLANK] But after the representatives arrived, they realized the Articles could not be saved so they agreed to completely change the national government. What resulted was the creation of the [BLANK] There were a number of compromises that would be made before the new government could be created.One of these was regarding how population would be counted, particularly for representation in the new Congress. Remember that the [BLANK] created a 2-house Congress the [BLANK] would contain two representatives from every state while the [BLANK] would have its members based on the population of a state. while the [BLANK] would have its members based on the population of a state. However,[BLANK] states believed they should figure towards Congressional representation. After much debate, the two sides reached a compromise, which became known as the [BLANK]. This said that for every five enslaved people in a state, three wouldcounted as population for purposes of determining congressional representation. But remember: this did NOT mean that anyone enslaved could vote or were considered to be [BLANK]. Enslaved people were still treated as property in slave-holding states and had no legal rights.