City-states in Italy* were controlled by the pope.
included only Rome and Florence.
grew rich through trade.
grew rich through art and liferature.

it was certainly a debatable decision, mainly because it was based primarily on political - and not on legal or social - views. since the congress at that time was led by members of the republican party, and the territory that the tribes wanted to turn into an exclusively indian state was predominantly democratic, the proposal (as expressed in the constitution) did not succeed, but the constitution itself proved to be of crucial importance in the creation of the state of oklahoma, and, most importantly, it guaranteed the involvement of representatives of the indian tribes in the government of the future joint state.  

as a member of congress, i would have voted to ratify the constitution, or at least to have it tabled. ignoring it was an interested and partial decision.  

because the great compromise was dealing with conflict on how congress would be made up of as well as  number of representatives many compromises had to come in affect like the virginia plan, the jersey plan and so on. the great compromise explained below.

the great house compromise 

- two house congress 

- representation in one house based on population

- equal representation in the second house