This representation would be based upon population.
The Connecticut Compromise proposed a bicameral legislature with two senators per state and a House of Representatives based on population.
the states would be represented according to the size of their populations
Connecticut compromise
The Great Compromise, also known as the Connecticut Compromise, was a combination of the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan. The Virginia Plan proposed a bicameral legislature with representation based on population, favoring larger states, while the New Jersey Plan called for a unicameral legislature with equal representation for each state, favoring smaller states. The compromise established a bicameral Congress, with the House of Representatives based on population and the Senate providing equal representation for each state.
Jefferson Davis proposed the Missouri compromise.
the states population and that slaves would count as 3/5ths a person
The Great Compromise of 1787 (or Sherman's Compromise) was proposed by Roger Sherman. The Compromise was an agreement that defined the representation of each state in Congress/the House of Representatives.
Conneticut Compromise
The Great Compromise solved the problem of representation in the legislature. According to the compromise, the House of Representatives would be based on state population. But each state would have an equal number of votes in the senate.
The three-fifths compromise was proposed as a way of counting slaves for the purpose of representation in the House. The northerners didn't want them to get more representatives because of so many non-voting people.
The Connecticut Compromise proposed a bicameral legislature with two senators per state and a House of Representatives based on population.
Connecticut compromise
the states would be represented according to the size of their populations
Connecticut compromise
The Great Compromise
The compromise proposed by southerners that influenced the Great Compromise is known as the "Three-Fifths Compromise." This agreement determined that for purposes of taxation and representation, enslaved individuals would be counted as three-fifths of a person. This compromise helped balance the interests of slaveholding states and free states during the Constitutional Convention of 1787. It played a crucial role in shaping the legislative structure of the United States.
The two house legislature was proposed by the Great Compromise/Connecicut Compromise. The Plan that recommended representation be determined by population was Virginia Plan, because they had a very large population, so a legislature based on population would give Virginia a lot of influence in the new nation.