Answer:
The Three-Fifths Compromise defined the process for states to allow them to count slaves as part of the population to establish representation and taxation for the federal government.
Explanation:
The Southern states wanted to count all slaves toward the population for representation purposes but did not want to be taxed because of the slaves as the Southern states considered them property.
However, the Northern states did not want all the slaves to be counted toward the population because that would take representation away from the North.
