Connecticut Compromise

Independence from England in 1776, many ideas, plans and compromises were made to create a system of government. The Articles of Confederation was one of the first ideas that established the functions of the national government. Shays Rebellion helped government officials realize that there needed to be improvements and plans created to stabilize the nation. Finally, agreements like the Connecticut Compromise and the three-fifths compromise allowed views from all states to be shared and come…

held too much of it. They didn 't want to amend the Articles of Confederation, but wanted a new form of government and found themselves divided into large vs small states. But through perseverance and brilliant minds, they were able to figure out a compromise on the biggest issue they faced that was the Great…

In order to make the Constitution legitimate, it would need to be ratified by all 13 states. Combining all the needs of each colony was an intricate compromise, but it was these compromises that made it acceptable by so many. The genius of the Constitution is most found in the compromise involving representation and slavery because the compromise…

Plan suggested a one house legislature; each state will have the same amount of representation. After much discussion and arguing, Roger Sherman, a delegate from Connecticut proposed merging the two plans; this became known as The Great Compromise also known as the Connecticut Compromise. The Great Compromise (The Connecticut Compromise) is a two house legislature where the lower house (House of Representatives) bases its membership on population and the upper house (Senate) each state gets two…

The concept of the social contract theory has been the creation of one government with the people and a contract written with policies and laws but, if the government breaks the contract then the people has the right to make another new government with a new contract. This is a theory benefits citizens and people when government only works when they are protecting the humans rights. Thomas Hobbes theory was that people needed to be ruled by one, either a king or queen because they don’t know the…

Danny Nguyen Professor Butler Political Science 1 3-27-2016 Summarized Plans The Virginia Plan. The Virginia plan was first drafted by James Madison and the Governor of Virginia Edmund Randolph presented the plan at the Constitutional Convention in 1787. During the Convention, Edmund Randolph argued, "that governments lack the power to defend itself from the intrusion of other state’s rights under the Article of Confederation.” (Levy). However revising the article into The Virginia…

As we know Roger Sherman is already a very smart man and he is capable of many things. While at the Constitutional Convention he served as a Connecticut representative. He was one of the oldest person at the convention and was a very good speaker. While at the Constitutional Convention he was the one that came up with the Great Compromise. What that is is was an agreement that both large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative…

from New Hampshire to South Carolina, the defiance was most genuine in Massachusetts, where awful gathers, monetary discouragement, and high assessments debilitated ranchers with the loss of their homesteads. The insubordination took its name from its typical pioneer, Daniel Shays of Massachusetts, a previous skipper in the Continental armed force. Spanish and U.S. moderators finished up the Treaty of San Lorenzo, otherwise called Pinckney's Treaty, on October 27, 1795. The bargain was an…

During the war for independence in America, there were several attempts to form a government system in the colonies. The Articles of Confederation was designed in 1777, but not ratified until 1781. There have been many differences of opinion regarding whether or not the Articles of Confederation provided America with an effective, national government system. They are viewed by many as promoting a weak central government, but can be seen as a blueprint to the Constitution of the United States.…

which were considered weak. The main purpose of the Constitution was to create a new government that would be able to sustain a state and not have too much power to do unnecessary things. The Constitution of the United States was shaped by many compromises, ideas and individuals that all wanted the same thing at the end, a functional government structure. The creators of the Constitution wanted to create a government that was powerful enough to take care of a state, but not so powerful that it…