There were two compromises at the convention list them and explain if you think they were fair or not?

Answer 1

I'd assume you're referring to the U.S. constitutional convention?

You have the Connecticut Compromise which took aspects from both the Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey_Plan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Plan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connecticut_Compromise

IIRC, the New Jersey plan looked more like the Senate we have today; each state has two representative voters. While this is "fair" in the sense that each state has equal representation, it did not take into account states' populations, so a state with a small population, like New Jersey, would have the same amount of influence at the national level as a state with a large population, such as Virginia. This would have allowed a group of small-population states to have more influence then they were due, meaning the majority of the population would be at the mercy of the few.

The Virginia plan was the opposite, and looked like today's House of Representatives: each state would have one representative per X amount of people. This plan was "fair" in the sense that representation was based on actual population spread. States with large populations liked this plan because it gave them more influence on the national level while smaller states would have little say. This would have allowed two or three states working together to virtually control the U.S. Congress.

The Connecticut Compromise basically takes both models and puts them in the same Congress but in separate houses. What New Jersey had in mind became the Senate and what Virginia had in mind became the House of Representatives. Check the above links for better info and more details, my history is kinda rusty...

Answer 2

Complicated to explain in such little space, however. The first compromise was between the big states and the little states. Being that the legislature would be bi-cameral. One house (the peoples) would be composed of representatives based on the population of the state. The Senate would be composed of two members from each state. The senate would then check the house. This enabled everyone to have representation and not have a state get under or over represented based on population.
Another compromise was the election of the President. the founders agreed that the people should not elected the president, but did not know who should. So those created the electoral college. Even today when we vote we are voting for electors, not the president. It is kind of a wierd idea to wrap your mind around, but its true.
-In regards to the first, yet I think it was fair. Actually I think it was brilliant.
-The electoral college....are you kidding? That was the biggest mistake of the convention.

Answer 3

huh? that's not really any help to some one is it, can you explain a little bit more, like what convention, etc etc