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It was the New Jersey Plan that proposed the idea of an unicameral legislature with equal representation. It was ultimately rejected.
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Was the great compromise unicameral or bicameral?
Question Did the Great Compromise create a unicameral or bicameral Congress?
Why did the founding fathers create the two house legislature?
They wanted the state to have representation as well as the people. Therefore the Senate is to represent the states, and the House of Representatives to represent districts of people. Also, to avoid the concentration of power.
What kind of governments did state constitutions create?
legislature executive
What type of legislature did the great compromise create?
OK the great compromises legislature was a two house legislature because they took it from the new jersey plan and the Virginia plan and put them together to make one big legislature.
What is the main idea of the Great Compromise?
The objective of the Great Compromise was to balance the influence of large states and small states (measured by population) in the federal government. The main idea was to create a bicameral (two-house) legislature; the lower house (House of Representatives) would have representation based on state populations and would originate all revenue bills, while the upper house (Senate) would have equal representation across all states.
