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- The Virginia Plan
- The New Jersey Plan
- Connecticut Compromise
- James Madison's Virginia Plan was presented to the Constitutional Convention on May 29, 1787. Proposed a strong central government composed of three branches: the legislative, executive, and judiciary. The proposal advocated for a proportionally represented legislature with two separate houses (the Senate and the House of Representatives).
- Great Compromise
- On June 15, 1787, a delegate from New Jersey William Paterson proposed it to the Constitutional Convention. A possibility for how the United States might be organized was the New Jersey Plan. Rather than the number of votes in Congress being dependent on population, the Plan advocated for each state to have one vote.
- Three-Fifths Compromise
- On July 16, 1787, Connecticut's representatives to the Constitutional Convention Roger Sherman and Oliver Ellsworth brought forth a proposal. A bicameral federal legislature with a split system of representation was stipulated by the agreement. The upper chamber would have proportional representation based on a state's population, while the lower chamber would employ equal representation from all states.
- Electoral College
- This significant constitutional compromise established a two-house legislature with proportionate representation for states' populations in the House of Representatives and equal representation for all states in the Senate.
- Senate
- House of Reprentatives
- Gave states the option to utilize three-fifths of each enslaved person to determine their state's representation in the House of Representatives. supplied slave states with more representation in the House of Representatives than free states.
- An electoral college system was established as a solution, allowing voters to choose representatives who would subsequently cast ballots for candidates.
- Ballot
- Vote
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