in debates leading up to the three-fifths compromise, southern states argued that:
a. slaves should be counted among a state’s population for the purpose of deciding the state’s number of congressional representatives.
b. the federal government should not have the power to take away an individual's freedom or property.
c. slavery should be made legal in every state, including states that would be added in the future.
d. states with large populations would be better served by a bicameral, or two-house, congress.

1)which is the following was characteristic of the british colonies but not the french or spanish religion a. presence of slavery b. religion conversion c. smuggling and piracy d. strict racial hierarchy 2)how did the columbia exchange affect europe? a diseases from the new world decimated the population of the european continent b new crops introduced to europe generated further interest in the new world c enslavement of american indians in europe changed cultural attitudes toward slavery d the items produced by american indians become objects of competition in europe