MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
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James Madison
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Button Gwinnett
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Abraham Baldwin
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Thomas Jefferson
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Detailed explanation-1: -Historians often credit Sherman and the Connecticut delegates as the architects of the Great Compromise.
Detailed explanation-2: -Abraham Baldwin’s wisdom and leadership helped provide the opportunity for discussion that led to the Great Compromise of the Constitutional Convention.
Detailed explanation-3: -Georgia elected six delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in the summer of 1787. Only four went. And only two-Abraham Baldwin and William Few-signed the final document.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Great Compromise settled the method of representation in the legislative branch. Small states wanted equal representation, and large states wanted representation based on population (equality by vote). Under the compromise, all states were represented equally in the Senate. Was this answer helpful?