MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION THE GREAT COMPROMISE
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Great Compromise balances concerns about congressional representation based on population – although larger states have more power in the House of Representatives, all states have the same amount of power in the Senate.
Detailed explanation-2: -According to the Great Compromise, there would be two national legislatures in a bicameral Congress. Members of the House of Representatives would be allocated according to each state’s population and elected by the people.
Detailed explanation-3: -Historians often credit Sherman and the Connecticut delegates as the architects of the Great Compromise.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Great Compromise settled matters of representation in the federal government. The Three-Fifths Compromise settled matters of representation when it came to the enslaved population of southern states and the importation of enslaved Africans. The Electoral College settled how the president would be elected.