A GREAT COMPROMISE

COMPONENTS

• It mixed the following plans.
• 1) Plan of Virginia: which consisted in a bicameral legislature with representation based on state population
• 2)New Jersey Plan: which propuse that the states should be represented equally.

One of the main influencers was: Roger Sherman from Connecticut.

HOW AFFECT THE DIFFERENT PLAN TO THE STATES

• The Virginia plan favored states with a more people;for example, California or Florida.
• In the other hand states like Wyoming with small population would prefer the New Jersey plan.

OTHER FACTS

• It also made a Convention about a debate of how much say to give the voting public.
• So in this way The House of Representatives, had frequent direct elections, with the objective to reflect what people want.