For the Constitutional Convention to reach a sectionally acceptable agreement on the power of the national government to regulate commerce and levy import taxes, it was decided that
a. A listing of individual rights would be added to the Constitution
b. Trade with France and England would be banned
c. Congress would not be able to tax either exports or imports
d. The government would not be permitted to interfere with the slave trade for twenty years
e. The national government would be able to regulate foreign trade but not interstate commerce
Answer: d. The government would not be permitted to interfere with the slave trade for twenty years
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