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The states with small population wanted the same amount of representatives in the government. The states with larger population wanted to have more say in the government because they had more people. So they compromised and Then there were 2 houses of government.
Rather than forcing people, an alternative method might be to recognise the benefits of a larger population (a larger workforce for example) and to provide benefits for families that limit themselves to smaller numbers of children.
New Jersey wanted each state to have the same number of representatives so that each would have an equal say in the running of the government. Virginia wanted representation based on population because it was more densely populated, and wanted a larger say in the running of the government.
The issue of slavery was becoming A larger population
it was split as a compromise between the larger states and the smaller ones, the larger states wanted the amount of members to depend on the population of each state but the smaller ones wanted equal amount of members so they split congress up as a compromise