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A bicameral legislature
A bicameral legislature
A bicameral legislature
A bicameral legislature
The Connecticut Compromise established a bicameral legislature. Roger Sherman had already proposed a 2-house legislature; however, his idea specified that membership in both houses would be based on population.
The Great Compromise, aka the Connecticut Compromise was when the large and small states agreed to form a bicameral legislature (legislature with two houses), which resulted in the formation of the US Senate and House.
The Great Compromise or the Connecticut Compromise.
"The Great Compromise" that made the legislature a bicameral branch.
The proposal to form a bicameral congress instead of a unicameral one was proposed in the Virginia Plan. It was drafted by James Madison in 1787.
The legislature being designed was the US Congress, at the Constitutional Convention of 1787. The compromise set up a two-house (bicameral) legislature with a separate Senate and House.
The Great Compromise of the Constitution resulted in new branches of government. These branches are still in use today, they are the legislature, with the two houses.
The Great Compromise