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  1. The Connecticut Compromise (also known as the Great Compromise of 1787 or Sherman Compromise) was an agreement reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure and representation each state would have under the United States Constitution.

  2. After significant debate, the Convention adopted the Great Compromise on July 16, 1787. 8. During the state ratification debates that followed the Convention, one of the central objections from the Anti-Federalists was that the consolidation of government power in a national Congress could destroy state legislative power. 9.

  3. For the Senate, the committee proposed that each state would have an equal vote with members elected by the individual state legislatures. 7. After significant debate, the Convention adopted the Great Compromise on July 16, 1787. 8.

  4. Connecticut Compromise, also known as the Great Compromise, the compromise offered by Connecticut delegates during the drafting of the U.S. Constitution in 1787 that was accepted in order to solve the dispute between small and large states over the apportionment of representation in the new federal government.

  5. Oct 12, 2016 · The Great Compromise was the pivotal breakthrough of the 1787 Constitutional Convention. Originally formed to revise the weak Articles of Confederation, the convention quickly took on the massive task of designing a new federal government.

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