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.
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