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The '''Great Compromise''' (also called the '''Connecticut Compromise''') was worked out in the [[Constitutional Convention]] in 1789. The Compromise settled the debate over legislative representation between proponents of the [[Virginia Plan|Virginia]] and [[New Jersey Plan]]s.
The '''Great Compromise''' (also called the '''Connecticut Compromise''' or '''Sherman's Compromise'''<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=dLB1v4Smbz4C&pg=SL1-PA95 A Conservative's Treatise on American Government: A Brief Discussion of What a Government, Subordinate to the Sovereign People, Must Do]</ref>) was worked out in the [[Constitutional Convention]] in 1789. The Compromise settled the debate over legislative representation between proponents of the [[Virginia Plan|Virginia]] and [[New Jersey Plan]]s.
The compromise was the work of the three delegates from Connecticut: [[Roger Sherman]], [[Oliver Ellsworth]], and [[William Samuel Johnson]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=qZdNCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT16 A Year of Colonial American Frontier History: A Daily Pioneer History of the American Colonial Frontier]</ref>
==Virginia Plan==
==Virginia Plan==
==Connecticut Compromise==
==Connecticut Compromise==
Roger Sherman probably made the most lasting impact, with his proposal to establish a bicameral [[Legislative Branch|legislature]] ([[Congress]]) as proposed in the Virginia Plan.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=tuPrBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA42 American Government and Politics Today: Essentials 2015-2016 Edition]</ref> The upper house ([[United States Senate|Senate]]) was to contain two votes per state, with Senators chosen by [[state legislatures]]. The lower house ([[House of Representatives]]) was based on population, with representatives chosen by the people. The Great Compromise also called for the [[Articles of Confederation]] to be completely replaced.
==References==
==References==
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[[Category:United States History]]
[[Category:United States History]]