What compromise combined parts of the New Jersey plan and the virgina plan to make the legislautre like it is today?

Answer 1

It was called the Connecticut Compromise. In 1787, at the Constitution Convention, this compromised was reached in which a bicameral legislature was accepted, where there would be a Senate and a House of Representatives.

Answer 2

Two plans were put forth during the Constitutional Convention to create the new branches of government. The Virginia Plan wanted a strong national government with three branches. The legislature would have two houses. One would be directly elected by the people and the second would selected by the first house from people nominated by the state legislatures. Further, the president and national judiciary would be chosen by the national legislature. On the other hand, the New Jersey Plan wanted a more decentralized plan amending the old Articles yet allowing for a somewhat stronger government. Each state would have one vote in Congress.

The Great Compromise combined these two plans creating our current legislature with two houses, one based on population and elected by the people and the other house allowing two senators per state being appointed by state legislatures.

Answer 3

At the Constitutional Convention, it was the "Great Compromise" (also known as the "Connecticut Compromise") that ended the stalemate that threatened the possibility that a new Constitution could be agreed upon. The thirteen states differed in many ways: individual farmers vs. large plantations that used slaves, agricultural vs. mercantile and manufacturing, and initially perhaps more important, size. Virginia was already populous and knew it would grow larger, since it also claimed land beyond the Appalachian Mountains. The Virginia delegation presented a 15-point plan for the Constitution that included a federal legislature in which the number of representatives was based on population. New Jersey was a smaller state in both population and had no claims to land beyond its boundaries; it was hemmed in by other states. It favored a strong legislature in which each state, regardless of size, would have an equal number of representatives.

The "Connecticut Compromise" or "Great Compromise" resolved this by creating two houses of Congress. In the House, the number of Representatives would be based on the population of a State and the Representatives would be elected directly by vote of the people. In the Senate, each State would have two Senators regardless of size. Senators would be elected not by the people but by the legislatures of each state, reassuring those who feared too much power was being put directly into the hands of the populace.

Once this crucial issue was resolved, the delegates were more willing to make compromises on the many other issues, and eventually hammered out a Constitution that no one considered perfect, but most delegates considered acceptable

Answer 4

The Great Compromise or Sherman's Compromise (Roger Sherman)

Answer 5

The Connecticut Compromise.

Answer 6

The Great Compromise