Congress was divided into two houses. The senate (upper house) was seated equally by state; the House of Representatives (lower house) was seated by population.
The Great Compromise of 1787 took place at Philadelphia. The representative and the senators boarded a plane to Philadelphia to attend the Constitutional Convention.
The Constitutional convention and Compromises include the three-fifths compromise, the Great Compromise was between the small states, the Commerce Compromise, Slave Trade Compromise, and the election of the President.
The work at the constitutional convention was not easy, but after a great compromise, they came to an agreement.
The greatest compromise is continental convention. This convention is held for kids of all kinds.
The effect the constitutional convention had was the great compromise and the 3/5 compromise. These led to the constitution.
The "Great Compromise," literally.
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Roger Sheman's. It was called "The Great Compromise".
The Founding Fathers used debate and compromise to solve problems at the Constitutional Convention. The convention was held in 1787.
The Great Compromise and the 3/5 compromise
Compromises made at the Philadelphia Convention were the Great Compromise which had a bicameral legislature with the House based on population and the Senate based on each state getting two senators no matter what the size of the state was. The second compromise was the Three Fifths Compromise which counted slaves as 3/5 of a person. The third compromise was on tariffs were only to be allowed on imports from foreign countries and not exports from the U.S. The fourth compromise was not banning slavery until 1808. The fifth compromise was the Electoral College.
The main focus of the Great Compromise at the Constitutional Convention concerned how states were to be represented in the U.S. Congress. It is also referred to as Sherman's Compromise.