Asked by z

Read the excerpt from Robert Yates’s notes from the Constitutional Convention on June 11, 1787.

Mr. Wilson was of opinion, and therefore moved, that the mode of representation of each of the States ought to be from the number of its free inhabitants, and of every other description three fifths to one free inhabitant.

What was James Wilson’s most notable contribution to the drafting of the Constitution?

the Three-Fifths Compromise
the Virginia Plan
the Great Compromise
the New Jersey Plan

All Answers 1

Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
the Three-Fifths Compromise — James Wilson proposed counting every five slaves as three persons for representation and taxation purposes.