At the Constitutional Convention, there was a debate over two plans for setting up the legislative branch of government. These were the two plans:

VIRGINIA PLAN

Each state would be represented

according to the size of its population.

NEW JERSEY PLAN

Each state would have the same

number of representatives.

The debate was resolved by a third plan:

CONNECTICUT PLAN

(the GREAT COMPROMISE)

The legislature would have two

houses. In one house the states

would be represented according

to population. In the other house

each state would be represented equally.