GREAT COMPROMISE

THE VIRGINIA PLAN...

• Was suggested by Virginian Edmund Randolph.
• Focused power to the central government.
• Had a bicameral legislature, made up of two houses.
• Both house's number of representatives based on state population.

THE NEW JERSEY PLAN...

• Was proposed by William Patterson.
• Gave power to the states.
• Had a unicameral legislature.
• Gave equal power to each state no matter the size by having a equal number of representatives from every state.

THE GREAT COMPROMISE

• Bicameral legislature (Virginia Plan)
• In the lower house, number of representatives were based on state population. (Virginia Plan)
• In the upper house, the number of representatives were equal. (New Jersey Plan)
• Is also known as the Sherman Plan or the Connecticut Plan.