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What plan called for equal representation in congress?
The plan that called for equal representation in Congress is known as the New Jersey Plan. Proposed during the Constitutional Convention of 1787, the New Jersey Plan advocated for a unicameral legislature in which each state would have equal representation, regardless of size or population. This was in contrast to the Virginia Plan, which proposed a bicameral legislature with representation based on population. Ultimately, the compromise reached was the Great Compromise, which created a bicameral legislature with the House of Representatives based on population and the Senate with equal representation for each state.
What did the Connecticut great compromise provided?
Proposed by Roger Sherman, the Conneticut Compromise was for the government to be made up of two houses (bicameral), the senate, and the house of representatives. - By Kylie Taylor Carmen-
What proposed protecting slavery by restoring the Missouri compromise?
crittenden compromise
What is the importance of the great compromise?
The Great Compromise was significant in that it established how our legislature is set up to this day. Originally it was intended to be one body, but large states like Virginia wanted representation based on population, whereas smaller states like New Jersey wanted representation based on the same number of delegates, regardless of population. The Great Compromise proposed having both, setting up our legislative bodies.
What happened in the great comoromise?
The Great Compromise of 1787 resolved state representation for Congress. The delegates first believed that Congress should be unicameral with representatives from each state, but they argued over how many representatives each state should have. Delegates from larger, more populous states favored the Virginia Plan. According to this plan, each state would have a certain number of delegates based on the population of the state. Delegates from smaller, less populous states favored the New Jersey Plan. According to this plan, each state would have the same number of delegates in Congress and equal representation in Congress. Roger Sherman from Connecticut proposed a compromise known today as The Great Compromise. He suggested that Congress consist of two chambers: House of Representatives and Senate. Each state would have the same number of representatives in the Senate. More populous states would have more representatives in the House (one representative for every 30,000 people in the state). Sherman's plan was fair to all states, so delegates from both small and large states agreed to it.
