Explore three main compromises that took place at the #ConstitutionalConvention. Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, explains the structure of Congress to balance the big and small states, the use of the Electoral College to elect the president, and the compromises made regarding slavery.

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