The Great Compromise

​The Great Compromise was a compromise between the Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan

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• ​The country was trying to figure out how representation would work in the government​

• ​Two proposals were brought forward: the New Jersey and Virginia plans both had different plans concerning representation and state power

• ​New Jersey was one of the smaller states and William Patterson devised a plan that would give each state (no matter how big) equal representation

• ​New Jersey was one of the smaller states and William Patterson devised a plan that would give each state (no matter how big) equal representation

• ​Virginia was the most populous states and Edmond Randolph devised a plan where representation would be based on the population of each states

• The New Jersey Plan was more beneficial to smaller states and smaller states did not like the Virginia Plan

• ​The Virginia Plan, on the other hand, was more popular to larger states and larger states did not like the New Jersey Plan

• Delegates from large states and small states had to compromise if they were going to make a decision.

• ​Roger Sherman devised a new plan that combined both the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan. This plan was named the Great Compromise

​Virginia Plan - better for large states

​New Jersey Plan - better for small states

​Great Compromise - combines in "bicameral system"

​The bicameral system - 1. House of Representation (representatives proportional to population)

​and 2. the Senate (equal representation regardless of population - 2/state)