Commerce Compromise
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The Commerce Compromise was an agreement at the Constitutional Convention that allowed the federal government to regulate interstate and foreign trade while prohibiting any ban on the slave trade for 20 years and forbidding export taxes.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
agreement
→
constitutional compromise → historical event → |
| aimedToResolve |
disagreements over federal control of commerce
→
southern fears of export taxation → southern fears of immediate abolition of the slave trade → |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
United States federal government
→
|
| codifiedIn |
Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
→
Article I, Section 9 of the United States Constitution → United States Constitution → |
| country |
United States
→
|
| duration |
20 years
→
|
| endTime |
1808
→
|
| followedBy |
eventual federal ban on the importation of slaves in 1808
→
|
| hasEffect |
delay of congressional power to ban slave trade until 1808
→
federal regulation of foreign trade → federal regulation of interstate trade → prohibition of export taxes → protection of the transatlantic slave trade for 20 years → |
| hasPart |
Commerce Clause
→
Export Tax Clause → Slave Trade Clause → |
| imposesConstraint |
no ban on slave trade before 1808
→
|
| influencedBy |
interstate trade disputes under the Articles of Confederation
→
|
| locatedInTime |
Framing of the United States Constitution
→
|
| location |
Philadelphia
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|
| motivatedBy |
conflict between commercial and agricultural interests
→
conflict between northern and southern delegates → |
| negotiatedAt |
Philadelphia Convention
→
|
| partOf |
Constitutional Convention of 1787
→
United States Constitutional Convention → |
| permits |
federal regulation of imports
→
federal regulation of tariffs on imports → |
| pointInTime |
1787
→
|
| prohibits |
federal export taxes
→
taxes on exports from any state → |
| regulates |
foreign commerce
→
interstate commerce → trade between states → trade with foreign nations → |
| significantFor |
balance of power between large and small states
→
balance of power between northern and southern states → economic policy of the early United States → preservation of slavery in the early United States → |
| startTime |
1788
→
|
| topic |
commerce regulation
→
slave trade → taxation of exports → |
Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Framers of the United States Constitution
→
|
compromise |