What is Connecticut Compromise?
The '''Connecticut Compromise''' (also known as the '''Great Compromise of 1787''' or '''Sherman's Compromise''') was an agreement that large and small states reached during the [[Constitutional Convention (United States)|Constitutional Convention]] of 1787 that established a two-house legislature under the [[United States Constitution]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://connecticuthistory.org/the-connecticut-compromise/ |title=The Connecticut Compromise – Today in History: July 16 |website= Connecticut History |publisher=Connecticut Humanities |access-date=28 September 2016}}</ref> It retained the [[bicameral legislature]] as proposed by [[Roger Sherman]], along with [[proportional representation]] in the [[lower house]]. It required the upper house, [[United States Senate]], to have two members from each state.<ref name=ussenate>{{cite web |url=http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/briefing/Constitution_Senate.htm |title=The Senate and the United States Constitution |publisher=United States Senate |access-date=28 September 2016}}</ref> The lower house, or [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]], would have representation based on the [[population]] of a state.<ref name=ussenate/> == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:United States Constitution]] [[Category:1787 in the United States]] {{politics-stub}}