What was the 1787 U.S. constitutional agreement called the Connecticut Compromise also known as?

The 1787 U.S. constitutional agreement called the Connecticut Compromise is also known as the Great Compromise.

The agreement resolved a major dispute at the Constitutional Convention: how states would be represented in Congress. Large states supported the Virginia Plan, which favored representation based on population. Small states backed the New Jersey Plan, which would have preserved equal representation in a single legislative chamber.

The compromise created a bicameral Congress. In the House of Representatives, representation would be based broadly on population. In the Senate, every state would have equal representation, with two senators per state. This arrangement combined elements of both competing plans and allowed the convention to continue its work.

Roger Sherman of Connecticut was an important advocate, which explains the agreement’s formal name. The compromise did not settle every representation dispute; debates over taxation, enslaved people, and political power continued. Nevertheless, its basic structure remains visible in the modern United States Congress, where the House and Senate still use different systems of representation.