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It was called "The Great Compromise" and settled the composition of the new US Congress under the Constitution (1787).
The Great Compromise
The Great Compromise
How should states be represented in the legislative body?
One of the most important compromises is the Great Compromise. It was a compromise between two plans pushed forward; the Virginia plan and the New Jersey plan. The Virginia plan wanted representation in congress to be based off of states population. The New Jersey plan wanted equal representation for each state no matter the size. Ultimately the great compromise combined both of these plans and set up what we know today as the House of Reps. and Congress. One based on population of each state, and the other based off of two senators per state appointed by state legislatures.
The Great Compromise combined these two plans creating our current legislature with two houses, one based on population and elected by the people.
That Congress should be composed of two houses.
the compramise plan kept a two house congress. The first house, the House of representatives, would represent the people. In this house, the number of representitives from each state, would represent the states. In the second house, the Senate, would represent the states. Each state would have two senitiors.
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The Great Compromise
The Great Compromise
The Great Compromise