Nationwide Gravesite Locator. The Civil War - September 17, 1787 When the delegates to what would become the Constitutional Convention met in Philadelphia in 1787, they had the task of creating a new framework of government which would be workable, reflected American republican ideals, and would be acceptable to the majority of constituencies.
One major compromise was the counting of slaves as 3/5 of a person for purposes of allocating representation. Another compromise was the continuance of the slave trade for the next 20 years. March 6, 1820 - December 31, 1820 The first in a series of crises regarding the extension of slavery ended in 1820 with the Missouri Compromise, which admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state in an attempt to maintain the balance of slave and free states. Fold3 - Historical military records.