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The Connecticut Compromise
Roger Sherman, Connecticut delegate to the Constitutional (Philadelphia) Convention, proposed a hybrid of the New Jersey and Virginia Plans that allowed for legislative representation based on population in the Lower House of Congress (the US House of Representatives) and by equal number in the Upper House (the Senate).
The Compromise was adopted by a vote of five states to four on July 16, 1787, and is credited with rescuing the convention and motivating the other delegates to create compromises resolving many other conflicts between the states.
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ProfessorThe Great Comprosmise is the name of an action made by American delegate Robert Sherman. The newly formed United States government, could not make up its mind whether or not it should go by the Virginia Plan, which stated that the amount of representatives per state should be based on the states population, or the New Jersey Plan, which staqted that all states should have an equal amount of representatives. Robert Sherman decided to form to houses that would run by both of those plans, the Senate which runs by the New Jersey Plan, and the House of Representatives which runs by the Virginia Plan.
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Which plan settled the debate over state representation in Congress?
The Great Compromise (also known as the Connecticut Compromise) settled the debate over state representation in Congress.
The great compromise allowed the farmers of the constitution to create?
The Great Compromise allowed the framers of the Constitution to create a Congress that would represent both large and small states fairly. It is also known as the Connecticut Compromise.
America's two-chamber legislature is the result of which compromise at the Constitutional Convention?
The Connecticut Compromise established the bicameral composition of the Legislative Branch. It is also known as the Great Compromise of 1787 or Sherman's Compromise.
Who is responsible for the great Compromise?
The Great Compromise of 1787 (or Sherman's Compromise) was proposed by Roger Sherman. The Compromise was an agreement that defined the representation of each state in Congress/the House of Representatives.
What compromise created the two houses of congress?
It was called "The Great Compromise" and settled the composition of the new US Congress under the Constitution (1787).
