What was the great compromise

This article is about the agreement sometimes referred to as the Great Compromise. For the song by John Prine, see The Great Compromise (song).

The Connecticut Compromise (also known as the Great Compromise of 1787 or The Sherman Compromise) was an agreement that large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United States Constitution. It retained the bicameral legislature as proposed by Roger Sherman, along with proportional representation in the lower house, but required the upper house to be weighted equally between the states. Each state would have two representatives in the upper house.

The great compromise was also known as The Connecticut compromise it was an agreement that large and small states reached during the constitutional convention lf 1787that defined the legislative structure & representation that each states would have under the US