Connecticut Compromise

American  

noun

American History.

1. a compromise adopted at the Constitutional Convention, providing the states with equal representation in the Senate and proportional representation in the House of Representatives.

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Example Sentences

The Connecticut Compromise, also called the Great Compromise, proposed a bicameral congress with members apportioned differently in each house.

From Textbooks • Jul. 28, 2021

He was also the main architect of the Connecticut Compromise.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2016

The Connecticut Compromise was so pivotal to the writing of the Constitution that it has often been called the Great Compromise.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2016

The deadlock was finally broken by the so-called Connecticut Compromise, adopted July 7: equal representation was to be preserved in the upper house, and proportional representation was to be granted in the lower.

From Formation of the Union, 1750-1829 by Hart, Albert Bushnell