Great Compromise

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The Great Compromise was the 1787 agreement at the U.S. Constitutional Convention that created a bicameral legislature by combining proportional representation in the House of Representatives with equal representation for each state in the Senate.

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Generate an image of the Great Compromise (The Great Compromise was the 1787 agreement at the U.S. Constitutional Convention that created a bicameral legislature by combining proportional representation in the House of Representatives with equal representation for each state in the Senate.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional compromise ⓘ
event in 1787 ⓘ
historical agreement ⓘ
aimedToResolve representation dispute between large and small states ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Connecticut Compromise ⓘ
linked to: Great Compromise

Sherman Compromise ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction federal government of the United States ⓘ
category Political compromises in the United States ⓘ
United States constitutional history ⓘ
conflict interests of less populous states ⓘ
interests of populous states ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
describedIn records of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 ⓘ
determined equal representation of states in the Senate ⓘ
proportional representation in the House of Representatives ⓘ
facetOf drafting of the United States Constitution ⓘ
structure of the United States Congress ⓘ
hasCause conflict between large and small states ⓘ
dispute over representation in Congress ⓘ
hasEffect increased likelihood of Constitution’s ratification ⓘ
reconciliation of Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriod Early national period of United States history ⓘ
hasPart provision for population-based representation in the House ⓘ
provision for two senators per state ⓘ
revenue bills to originate in the House of Representatives ⓘ
influenced Article I of the United States Constitution ⓘ
apportionment of seats in the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
composition of the U.S. Senate ⓘ
influencedBy New Jersey Plan ⓘ
Virginia Plan ⓘ
legalForm constitutional arrangement ⓘ
location Independence Hall ⓘ
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia
mainSubject legislative representation ⓘ
partOf United States Constitutional Convention ⓘ
pointInTime 1787 ⓘ
result creation of a bicameral legislature ⓘ
establishment of the House of Representatives ⓘ
establishment of the United States Senate ⓘ
significance foundation of the U.S. legislative structure ⓘ
key turning point of the Constitutional Convention ⓘ
significantParticipant Oliver Ellsworth ⓘ
Roger Sherman ⓘ
delegates from large states ⓘ
delegates from small states ⓘ
temporalContext Framing of the United States Constitution ⓘ

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Referenced by (15)

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Constitutional Convention → compromisePlan → Connecticut Compromise ⓘ
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Roger Sherman → notableWork → Sherman Compromise (Connecticut Compromise) ⓘ
linked to: Great Compromise
Roger Sherman → proposed → Connecticut Compromise ⓘ
linked to: Great Compromise
Great Compromise → alsoKnownAs → Connecticut Compromise ⓘ
linked to: Great Compromise
Virginia Plan → ledTo → Connecticut Compromise ⓘ
linked to: Great Compromise
New Jersey Plan → influencedCompromise → Connecticut Compromise ⓘ
linked to: Great Compromise
United States Senate → createdBy → Connecticut Compromise ⓘ
subject linked to: Senate
linked to: Great Compromise
Philadelphia Convention → compromiseReached → Connecticut Compromise ⓘ
linked to: Great Compromise
Sherman Compromise → hasAlias → Great Compromise of 1787 ⓘ
linked to: Great Compromise
Sherman Compromise → hasAlias → Connecticut Compromise ⓘ
linked to: Great Compromise
Paterson Plan → influenced → Connecticut Compromise ⓘ
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Paterson Plan → relatedTo → Connecticut Compromise ⓘ
linked to: Great Compromise
Randolph Plan → inspiredCompromise → Connecticut Compromise ⓘ
linked to: Great Compromise
Bicameralism Clause → historicalOrigin → Great Compromise of 1787 ⓘ
linked to: Great Compromise