We the People
When making plans on how the distribution of power should be distributed, there will always be arguments. Whether to do it based upon the population, or of an equal distribution to all of the states involved, it is important to remember to make it fair to all the different citizens, taking into consideration all states and their populations. The amount of people a state has should not be the only determining factor for the amount of representatives in the houses of a legislature. There were many advantages and disadvantages of the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan brought up in the Constitutional Convention. We believe that the Great Compromise was a valid agreement, considering it did not give unequal power to any of the …show more content…
The Great Compromise cast a bicameral legislature, in which the House of Representatives had the amount of representatives decided upon by the population of the state, and the Senate had a fixed amount of representatives per state. The large states dominated in the House of Representatives. In the Senate the small and large states were represented equally. Therefore, this gave the small states a chance to input their ideas considering they were not overwhelmed with the amount of representatives from the large states. The bicameral legislature made it possible for the small states to be heard in the higher power chamber. The small states ended up with more power. Yes, you may say that it was a bicameral government with the big states being in control of the House and the small states in control of the Senate and that’s fair. But both houses must approve any law which allows the Senate the power to stop any law that comes from the House, dominated by the larger states. With this plan, most of the states were satisfied. Therefore, the Great Compromise was officially passed overcoming the different state
When making plans on how the distribution of power should be distributed, there will always be arguments. Whether to do it based upon the population, or of an equal distribution to all of the states involved, it is important to remember to make it fair to all the different citizens, taking into consideration all states and their populations. The amount of people a state has should not be the only determining factor for the amount of representatives in the houses of a legislature. There were many advantages and disadvantages of the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan brought up in the Constitutional Convention. We believe that the Great Compromise was a valid agreement, considering it did not give unequal power to any of the …show more content…
The Great Compromise cast a bicameral legislature, in which the House of Representatives had the amount of representatives decided upon by the population of the state, and the Senate had a fixed amount of representatives per state. The large states dominated in the House of Representatives. In the Senate the small and large states were represented equally. Therefore, this gave the small states a chance to input their ideas considering they were not overwhelmed with the amount of representatives from the large states. The bicameral legislature made it possible for the small states to be heard in the higher power chamber. The small states ended up with more power. Yes, you may say that it was a bicameral government with the big states being in control of the House and the small states in control of the Senate and that’s fair. But both houses must approve any law which allows the Senate the power to stop any law that comes from the House, dominated by the larger states. With this plan, most of the states were satisfied. Therefore, the Great Compromise was officially passed overcoming the different state