The Connecticut Compromise Between The New Jersey Plan And The Virginia Plan

The largest compromise of the two, is known as “The Great Compromise.” The Great compromise is the middle ground that the delegates reached after much argument over two proposed plans. The “Virginia” Plan was better suited for the largest states within America. It favored a more powerful state government, Bicameral legislation and the number of representatives would be based on the state’s total population. Whereas, the “New Jersey” Plan was better suited for the smaller states within the union. It gave the power to a national government, favored unicameral legislation and gave each state an equal number of representatives. After weeks of heavy debate and much disagreement the delegates finally reached a compromise. “The Great Compromise,” combined the values and ideas of both the plans into something that they hoped would appease both large and small states. The Great Compromise awarded a Bicameral legislature and allowed the lower house to be determined by the population, while the upper house gave each state an equal number of

1) The Great Compromise, also known as the Connecticut Compromise or The Sherman Compromise, focused on representation in the legislative branch. This compromise was written by Roger Sherman and Oliver Ellsworth of Connecticut and it passed with a single vote, quite possibly saving the Constitution. The delegates were stranded on the issue of representation within the legislative branch because larger states supported representation based on state population (proportional representation) and smaller states supported one vote per state. This was a division between the Virginia and New Jersey plans. These were the two plans presented to the delegates. The Virginia Plan offered a bicameral branch with proportional representation and the New Jersey Plan policies favored a unicameral branch and equal representation

In an essay that incorporates the textbook, lecture and power-point notes compare and contrast the compromises of 1820 and 1850.

The Constitutional Convention of 1787 brought together delegates from thirteen divergent states to amend the Articles of Confederation. But James Madison, delegate from Virginia, had other ideas. He set the agenda for the Convention by drafting the Virginia Plan, an entirely new structure for the government. The strengths offered by the Virginia Plan included the framework for a strong, central government which separated powers into three branches: the legislative, executive, and the judicial. In addition, the Virginia Plan had built-in checks and balances between the branches. Madison believed that sovereignty rested with the people, and he proposed proportional representation in both the House of Representatives and the Senate. However,

After the colonies gained independence from England on July 4, 1776, they acknowledged the need for a new form of government. Their current government (the Articles of Confederation) was defective and needed emendation. For instance, Congress had the legal right to declare war and perform on foreign policy, but don’t have the right to demand revenues from the states. This was, in fact, an issue that needed to be solved because it endangers the existence of the country. For example, since Congress lacked the power to raise military funds, it could not provide sufficient support for the armed forces. Congress was forced to demobilize the Army after the revolutionary war. It would have been very terrible for the newly formed country (The United States) if the British or the Spanish had attacked (page, 39). Another weakness of the Article was demonstrated by the Shays Rebellion. It illustrated how the central government could not protect the citizens from armed Rebellion. The colonists called for a constitutional convention to discuss how to correct their flaws. The Virginia plan was introduced, which advocated that representation should be based on population. It basically called for a legislative branch with one house that also has the authority to regulate trade and taxation. It called for a separation of powers, leaving three branches in charge: the legislative, the executive, and the Judicial branches. The Virginia plan would allow big States to control the presidency which

The Virginia plan, New Jersey plan and Great Compromise were all necessary steps for getting our government to the way it is today. Even though there was a disagreement between the Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan the Great Compromise joined aspects from both plans to create a government that benefited everyone in some way.

`Great Compromise is first and the key compromise in united states constitution, which was facing a major issue like state represented by congress for two plans. There were two plans get together name also Connecticut compromise as well as those plans made legislative branch that bicameral two-house representative which each state representative of proportion in the state’s population and size. For example, large population has more representative small has less represented. One plan was the Virginia plan which represented by population and another one was the New Jersey plan which was made equal

Of the many plans to structure the government present the two that drew the most attention were the Virginia and the New Jersey Plans. Both of these plans were decimated by members of the convention for various reason. The plan from Virginia was viewed as a structure that would be more beneficial to larger states because it recommended an executive and judicial branches of government in addition to a two chambered congress with all representation based on the population of the state which was less beneficial to smaller states such as New Jersey. While the plan recommend called the New Jersey Plan would be just the opposite of the Virginia Plan since it called for a stronger national government to support the Articles of the Confederation with the ability to tax and regulate commerce between states. The New Jersey Plan also called for a single chambered congress and each state having one single vote. Deliberations lasted many weeks until finally

Virginia plan was the first and large plan drafted by James Madison and presented by Edmund Randolph to the Constitutional

Driven by Shay's Rebellion, many delegates realized that the Articles of Confederation were not strong enough to keep the population under control. This resulted in the Philadelphia Convention, also known as the Constitutional Convention, and its attendees to propose various plans and ideas with the original intention of strengthening the government. During discussions, the motive changed to developing a whole new government and discarding of the Articles of Confederation. The two plans that emerged from the convention were the "Virginia Plan," which was the more popular plan, and the "New Jersey Plan." The Virginia Plan was drafted before the meeting and came first, inspiring the New Jersey Plan. These two plans, with their similarities and differences, lead to significant milestones in what has shaped today's government.

The Missouri Compromise, one of the most known agreements in American history, was an attempt presented by Henry Clay in calming sectional division between the Northern and Southern states over the issue of slavery. While the Missouri Compromise found a temporary solution in regards to representation resulting in twelve free states and twelve slave states(G), it also, however, ignited the strong feelings, opinions, and justifications of two opposing sides and "heralded" the future unsuccess of the Union. No longer could our forefathers postpone such an imminent issue as was done during the infancy of the United States government. The Missouri Compromise was a success in a sense, not merely

Hamilton expressed dissatisfaction with both of the plans brought forward to the convention. The Virginia plan, which was a proposal to completely abandon the Articles of Confederation, and replace it with a bicameral national legislature, an executive branch selected by the legislature, a judiciary, and a council of revision with the power veto, and the New Jersey plan, which suggested to keep the Articles of Confederation, but revise it to give Congress the power to tax, regulate commerce, and choose plural executive and members of a supreme court. Hamilton felt both these plans lacked a strong central government. He was specifically displeased with the New Jersey plan “being fully convinced” Madison writes “that no amendment of the Confederation, leaving the States in possession of their Sovereignty could possibly answer the purpose.” pg 18-19. He feared that either of these plans would leave the newly founded country weakened and “…would ultimately destroy the confederation…” pg 20. Finally, though Hamilton would given the federal government more power, he supported what was to be and is now the Constitution of the United States of America and he became one of its leading supporters during the ratification process. Though Jefferson was unable to join the convention due to his duties in France as

There were many political debates at the beginning of the 1800s on what states should allow slaves and what states should not. The Missouri Compromise was the beginning of an argument between the north and south which ultimately led to the civil war. The objective of the compromise was to have a balance between the states by which Maine was introduced as a slave free state and Missouri as a pro-slave state. Although the Missouri compromise was deemed unconstitutional, it had the greatest impact to begin the civil war.

Equality in the Senate sparked a lot of debates during the Connecticut compromise. Some argued that equality in the Senate would lead to state corporate capacity, while others argued this will help balance the national government. To an extent the reason why a good chunk of the debates focused on the idea of a balanced Senate, in my opinion, was because this topic the more complicated part of the Connecticut Compromise. The founders were fairly certain that one of the branches of the legislator was going to represent each population of the state (there were some concerns regarding slavery in the southern states; however, it wasn’t a major issue during the Connecticut Compromise) just the founders did not know how to fairly represent the other branch.