Roger Sherman of Connecticut proposed the Great Compromise (also known as the Connecticut Compromise) at the Constitutional Convention in 1787. The Great Compromise solved the problem of how states would be represented in the national legislature; it called for equal representation in one house of Congress (the Senate) and representation based on population in the other house (the House of Representatives). The other two famous plans at the Convention were the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan. The Virginia Plan, which was favored by states with large populations, dealt with the issue of representation by proposing a two-house legislative, in which the number of representatives each state received in both houses depended on its population; and the New Jersey Plan, favored by states with small populations, featured a unicameral legislature, in which each state received one vote.
Roger Sherman represented Connecticut at the Continental Congress. He was on the committee to draft the Declaration of Independence, as well as other committees during the revolution. He was well thought of by the other founders of the country.
lend his reputation to the convention
He lent his reputation to the convention -
he was for strong national govt.
He was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, and his main contribution was to lend his reputation in support of the Federalists, who sought to write a new Constitution that empowered the federal government.
He was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, and his main contribution was to lend his reputation in support of the Federalists, who sought to write a new Constitution that empowered the federal government.
He was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, and his main contribution was to lend his reputation in support of the Federalists, who sought to write a new Constitution that empowered the federal government.
He was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, and his main contribution was to lend his reputation in support of the Federalists, who sought to write a new Constitution that empowered the federal government.
thomas jefferson The main WRITER was Thomas Jefferson. The committee included Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Roger Sherman.
Thomas Jefferson
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.
The main person that wrote it was Thomas Jefferson but other than Jefferson there was *Benjamin Franklin, *John Adams, *Robert R. Livingston, and *Roger Sherman