At the Constitutional Convention in 1787, the process of setting up Congress involved extensive debates and compromises among the delegates. The Virginia Plan proposed a bicameral legislature based on population, while the New Jersey Plan called for a unicameral legislature with equal representation for each state. The Great Compromise, or Connecticut Compromise, ultimately established a bicameral Congress consisting of the House of Representatives, which is based on population, and the Senate, which provides equal representation with two senators per state. This structure aimed to balance the interests of both populous and less populous states.
chicken soup
chicken soup
The convention of 1787 had no official name when it was called by Congress in its February 1787 resolution. It merely set a date and place for the convention. Indeed references to the convention afterward were equally vague in title. Not until 1835 when Congress authorized the publishing of the official record of the convention taken by the designated secretary of the convention, was an official title given to the convention. The official title given the convention by act of Congress was the "1787 Federal Convention."
The convention made it so that each state would hold a convention to ratify the Constitution. This meant a series of compromises and ratifications which were heavily influenced by Benjamin Franklin.
The convention made it so that each state would hold a convention to ratify the Constitution. This meant a series of compromises and ratifications which were heavily influenced by Benjamin Franklin.
The convention made it so that each state would hold a convention to ratify the Constitution. This meant a series of compromises and ratifications which were heavily influenced by Benjamin Franklin.
The legislature being designed was the US Congress, at the Constitutional Convention of 1787. The compromise set up a two-house (bicameral) legislature with a separate Senate and House.
constitutional convention
Constitutional Convention
The convention made it so that each state would hold a convention to ratify the Constitution. This meant a series of compromises and ratifications which were heavily influenced by Benjamin Franklin.
Constitutional Convention
constitutional convention