In debates leading up to the 3/5 compromise northern states argued that: a. a strong federal government was necessary in order to ensure that slave states did not have an unfair economic advantageb. southern states should only be allowed to send representatives to the house of representatives, not the senate c. slaves should not be included when counting us states population to determine representation in congress d. slaves should be able to buy their freedom after working for certain number of years

C is correct

The northern states did not want all the slaves to be counted towards the population as it can take away representation from the north because south has a greater number of slaves’ population and south can take advantage of having more representation. However north attempted several times to shift away the burden of taxation.

no

explanation:

it is a part of john locke's natural rights popular during the age of enlightenment that people had inalienable rights to life, liberty and property. this was reflected by thomas jefferson in his declaration of independence as rights to life,liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

another line in the declaration of independence is that people have certain rights just because they are human. humans are capable of obeying the three natural rights john locke mentioned making them governable by these laws and therefore entitled to these rights as well.