Great Compromise

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constitutional compromise event in 1787 historical agreement

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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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Connecticut Compromise	5
Sherman Compromise (Connecticut Compromise)	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional compromise ⓘ event in 1787 ⓘ historical agreement ⓘ
aimedToResolve	representation dispute between large and small states ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Great Compromise ⓘ surface form: Connecticut 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 Republic of the United States ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
mainSubject	legislative representation ⓘ
partOf	Constitutional Convention ⓘ surface form: 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	United States Constitution ⓘ surface form: Framing of the United States Constitution