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During the constitutional convention of 1787, the Great Compromise resolved a conflict over?

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The Great Compromise resolved a conflict over-representation in the national legislature during the Constitutional Convention of 1787.

Step-by-step explanation:

The Great Compromise, also known as the Connecticut Compromise, resolved a conflict over-representation in the national legislature during the Constitutional Convention of 1787.

It proposed a bicameral congress with two chambers: the Senate and the House of Representatives.

Each state would have two representatives in the Senate, providing equal representation for all states, while representation in the House would be based on the population of each state.

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larger states wanted to follow the Virginia Plan, which based each state's representation in Congress on state population. Smaller states wanted to follow the New Jersey Plan, which gave every state the same number of representatives.

there were 2 plans

the new jersey plan and the virginia plan

the great comprimise combined the 2 plans
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