Question

what was the great compromies

Answer 1

You probably mean the Great Compromise (also called the Connecticut Compromise). It was the agreement reached at the U.S. Constitutional Convention of 1787 that resolved a major dispute between large and small states over legislative representation.

Key points:
- Problem: The Virginia Plan wanted representation in Congress based on population (favoring large states); the New Jersey Plan wanted equal representation for each state (favoring small states).
- Compromise (proposed by Connecticut delegates Roger Sherman and Oliver Ellsworth): create a bicameral (two-chamber) legislature.
- House of Representatives: representation based on population (favored large states); members originally elected by voters.
- Senate: equal representation for each state (two senators per state, favored small states); senators were originally chosen by state legislatures (until the 17th Amendment in 1913).
- Result: the compromise broke the deadlock and made possible the draft and eventual ratification of the U.S. Constitution.

Note: The Three-Fifths Compromise (about counting enslaved people for representation and taxation) was a separate agreement made at the same convention.