MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION THE GREAT COMPROMISE
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representation base on population
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representation based on size
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representation based on equality
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representation base on senority
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Detailed explanation-1: -The plan called for a legislature divided into two bodies (the Senate and the House of Representatives) with proportional representation. That is, each state’s representation in Congress would be based on its population.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Virginia Plan, drafted by James Madison and introduced to the Convention by Edmund Randolph on May 29, 1787, proposed the creation of a bicameral national legislature, or a legislature consisting of two houses, in which the “rights of suffrage” in both houses would be proportional to the size of the state.
Detailed explanation-3: -Each state would be equally represented in the Senate, with two delegates, while representation in the House of Representatives would be based upon population.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Virginia Plan was supported by the larger states because of the resolution for proportional representation. This meant that the more people a state has, the more representatives it gets in the legislature.