the states population and that slaves would count as 3/5ths a person
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-
The New Jersey Plan suggested that the states should have an equal number of representitives. The Virginia Plan said the the number of representatives should be based on the state's population. Roger Sherman proposed that the Senate would have an equal number of representatives and the House of Representatives would have one representative for every 30,000 residents. This plan satisfied all of the states and became known as the Great Compromise.
crittenden 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.
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.
This representation would be based upon population.
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.
Conneticut Compromise
The Great Compromise solved the problem of representation in the legislature. According to the compromise, the House of Representatives would be based on state population. But each state would have an equal number of votes in the senate.
The three-fifths compromise was proposed as a way of counting slaves for the purpose of representation in the House. The northerners didn't want them to get more representatives because of so many non-voting people.
The Connecticut Compromise proposed a bicameral legislature with two senators per state and a House of Representatives based on population.
Connecticut compromise
Connecticut compromise
the states would be represented according to the size of their populations
The Great Compromise
The two house legislature was proposed by the Great Compromise/Connecicut Compromise. The Plan that recommended representation be determined by population was Virginia Plan, because they had a very large population, so a legislature based on population would give Virginia a lot of influence in the new nation.
Roger Sherman,the compromise prosed that state voting would be based on equal representation and population,2 senators and the house of represenatives.