what events led up to the great compromise. what were the delegates trying to avoid? what did they want? which individuals were instrumental in this event? why is the great compromise important
and the great compromise created our bicameral legislature
please help me with this cause its due tommorow thanks :)
2006-09-13 10:26:28 · 8 answers · asked by the one and only 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Delegates to the Constitutional Convention came from different backgrounds and held different political views. For example, they argued about how many representatives each state should be allowed. The larger states favored the Virginia Plan. According to the Virginia Plan, each state would have a different number of representatives based on the state's population. The smaller states favored the New Jersey Plan. According to the New Jersey Plan, the number of representatives would be the same for each state.
A delegate from Connecticut, Roger Sherman, proposed a two-house legislature, consisting of a Senate and a House of Representatives. The Senate would have an equal number of representatives from each state. This would satisfy the states with smaller populations. The House of Representatives would include one representative for each 30,000 individuals in a state. This pleased states with larger populations.
This two-house legislature plan worked for all states and became known as the Great Compromise.
2006-09-13 10:28:55 · answer #1 · answered by odu83 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2006-09-13 17:30:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the north wanted representation to be equal over all states, sin they were smaller states. the south wanted itbased upon population, since they had slaves. they compromised and had to bodys. slaves counted as 3/5of a person.
2006-09-13 17:30:05 · answer #3 · answered by j pringle 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2006-09-13 17:29:22 · answer #4 · answered by ne_plus_ultra_1 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2006-09-13 17:29:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
im not sure but you can look in your textbook
2006-09-13 17:40:43 · answer #6 · answered by Simmy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
probably should have started on this sooner - ya' think???
2006-09-13 17:28:24 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
no idea
2006-09-13 17:35:07 · answer #8 · answered by vastyamoadade 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋