What were the major compromises leading to the us constitution successfully getting through the convention and ratification process?

The people who came to the american colonies in the 17th century had already been exposed to the idea of limited government mainly to the phrase in the declaration of independence stating "that governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed" illustrates the principle of

What issue lead from texas seceding from the union

The civil rights act that passed in 1964