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What are some of the compromises the founding fathers made to ratify the constitution?

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The New Jersey Plan, or the New Jersey Compromise. It stated that each state should have equal number of votes. This compromise was liked by the smaller states, who had less population

The Virginia Plan, or the Virginia Compromise, stated that the number of votes each state gets depends on its population. This plan was liked by the bigger states that had more population.

Then finally, the Connecticutt Plan. It divided Congress into two parts:
*The Senate: two votes for each state (New Jersey Plan)
*The House of Representatives: higher population means more votes for the state (Virginia Plan)

The Connecticutt Plan is also known as the Great Compromise.
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