What should people know about the Great Compromise. by ALEX HAASE https://padlet.com/alexhaase2026/mi3fxas4ell4 Made with LOGIC en-us 2019-12-09 18:30:56 UTC 2019-12-13 18:16:18 UTC hello@padlet.com What was the Great Compromise? alexhaase2026 https://padlet.com/alexhaase2026/mi3fxas4ell4/wish/423491503 The Great Compromise, aka the Connecticut Compromise, resolved the highly controversial issue of representation that was raised at the  Constitutional Convention. that was held between May 25, 1787 - September 17, 1787, at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia.

]]> 2019-12-12 19:18:55 UTC https://padlet.com/alexhaase2026/mi3fxas4ell4/wish/423491503 What did the Great Compromise do? alexhaase2026 https://padlet.com/alexhaase2026/mi3fxas4ell4/wish/423494043 The Great Compromise resolved the controversial issue about the what the lower house wanted and what the upper house wanted. Cleverly it included elements from both the Virginia and New Jersey plans. The Great Compromise basically consisted of proportional representation in the lower house (House of Representatives) and equal representation of the states in the upper house (the Senate), satisfying both of their wants.]]> 2019-12-12 19:22:22 UTC https://padlet.com/alexhaase2026/mi3fxas4ell4/wish/423494043 Why was the Great Compromise so important? alexhaase2026 https://padlet.com/alexhaase2026/mi3fxas4ell4/wish/423498235 The importance of the Great Compromise cannot be underestimated. The issue of representation threatened to destroy the convention. The importance of the Great Compromise was discussed and debated and on July 23 the issue over representation was finally settled. It was decided that there would be two chambers in Congress: the Senate and the House of Representatives. Or the Upper House and the Lower House.]]> 2019-12-12 19:28:00 UTC https://padlet.com/alexhaase2026/mi3fxas4ell4/wish/423498235 Who was involved in the Great Compromise. alexhaase2026 https://padlet.com/alexhaase2026/mi3fxas4ell4/wish/423500858 Both Roger Sherman and Oliver Ellsworth thought of and wrote the Great Compromise.]]> 2019-12-12 19:31:52 UTC https://padlet.com/alexhaase2026/mi3fxas4ell4/wish/423500858 alexhaase2026 https://padlet.com/alexhaase2026/mi3fxas4ell4/wish/423506296 2019-12-12 19:40:31 UTC https://padlet.com/alexhaase2026/mi3fxas4ell4/wish/423506296