Constitutional Convention: The Great (Connecticut) Compromise

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Virginia Plan

A bicameral legislature based on population size; gave better and more proportional representation for larger states

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New Jersey Plan

Practically same as in the AOC; a unicameral legislature, one vote per state; favorable to smaller states who didn’t want to be dominated by the larger states

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The Great Compromise

a bicameral legislature with a House of Representatives (proportional to each state population) and Senate (equal representation for each state)

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In the Great Compromise, the HOR’s members are elected by…

voting through elections.

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In the Great Compromise, the senators…

WERE to be the elite appointed by state legislatures. Now, they’re the elite, but directly elected through their constituents.