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The agreement over how states would be represented in congress was known as the constitutional convention. Its sole purpose is to write a new constitution or revise it.
They would be represented equally.
They would be represented equally.
New Jersey Plan
The agreement under the Great Compromise of 1787 was that all states would be equally represented in the Senate and they would be proportionally represented in the House of Representatives. This system still occurs today as each state is represented by two Senators and the numbers of House of Representatives is chosen by the population of the state.
we would have one house congress and we would have to have people vote for us
The agreement under the Great Compromise of 1787 was that all states would be equally represented in the Senate and they would be proportionally represented in the House of Representatives. This system still occurs today as each state is represented by two Senators and the numbers of House of Representatives is chosen by the population of the state.
how was the constitutional convention of state representation settled
The Connecticut Compromised settled the question of how states would be represented in Congress. The Compromise was that Congress would be made up of two houses, one in which each state was represented equally, and one in which each state was represented according to its population.
Smaller states would have more power because the New Jersey Plan called for a unicameral or one-house congress where all states were represented equally.
The agreement under the Great Compromise of 1787 was that all states would be equally represented in the Senate and they would be proportionally represented in the House of Representatives. This system still occurs today as each state is represented by two Senators and the numbers of House of Representatives is chosen by the population of the state.
They would be represented equally.