How did the Great Compromise resolve the dispute on representation between small states and large states?(1 point)

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Sherman's committee proposed the creation of changing the Articles of Confederation with the Bill of Rights. This pleased the Federalists and Anti-Federalists.
Sherman's committee proposed the creation of changing the Articles of Confederation with the Bill of Rights. This pleased the Federalists and Anti-Federalists.

Sherman proposed that large states could be slave states and small states could be free states.
Sherman proposed that large states could be slave states and small states could be free states.

Sherman's committee proposed the creation of a two-house legislature where members of the House of Representatives would be elected by popular vote and members of the Senate would have two senators.
Sherman's committee proposed the creation of a two-house legislature where members of the House of Representatives would be elected by popular vote and members of the Senate would have two senators.

Sherman proposed that George Washington would govern the small and large states. Therefore, states did not have to govern themselves.

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Sherman's committee proposed the creation of a two-house legislature where members of the House of Representatives would be elected by popular vote and members of the Senate would have two senators.

This arrangement, known as the Great Compromise or the Connecticut Compromise, balanced the interests of both small and large states by allowing representation in the House based on population (favoring larger states) while ensuring equal representation in the Senate with two senators per state (favoring smaller states).