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What was the great compromise and what did it decide?

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The Great Compromise. Since both plans had a bicameral legislature, the answer was really quite simple. Two separate houses would be established - one by population, as wanted for big states in the Virginia Plan, and one where all states get equal representation, as wanted by the little states in the New Jersey Plan. read more

the great compromise decided the names of political parties. one house would have representation based on population and the other was based on equal representation. read more

The Connecticut Compromise, also known as the Great Compromise, was an agreement between large and small states reached during the Philadelphia Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United States Constitution. read more

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