The Great Compromise

The Virginia Plan, New Jersey Plan, and the Great Compromise was a big part of America’s future. The Virginia Plan was for a legislative branch. It placed the broad outlines of what became the U.S. Constitution. The New Jersey Plan was a Small State Plan. It was a structure for the United States. The Great Compromise saved the Constitutional Convention. This had to do with the House and the Senate. All of these plans have played a big role in the way that America is today. The Virginia Plan was written by James Madison, but presented by Edmund Randolph. This Plan was presented to the Constitutional Congress on May 29, 1787. The Virginia Plan proposed the three branches in America. The legislative, judicial, and executive branch. The role of this document is very important and strong. It was the first document to produce a separation of powers in different branches. The Virginia Plan when through more than one revision before it was finally done. There were two houses throughout this plan. The House and the Senate. One of them with members elected from
The Great Compromise is also known as the Connecticut Compromise. The Great Compromise saved the Constitutional Convention, and probably the Union too. It called for proportional representation in the House, and in the State. The Great Compromise was held at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia. There were many disputes over the proposals of being small and large states between the North and South. This was all an idea so the lower house would be treated equally as to the upper house. The lower house was the House of Representatives, and the upper houuse was the Senate. The Virginia and New Jersey Plan led up to the Great Compromise. The Great Compromise rose leading up to the new plans and actions of the United States. It also stated that the more people the state had, then the more representatives they would have in the