John c. Calhoun was considered the "great compromiser" because he spearheaded the Missouri compromise as well as promoted an extensive economic plan called the "American system. "
This is FALSE.
Their so-called Great Compromise (the Connecticut Compromise in honor of Connecticut architects Roger Sherman and Oliver Ellsworth) envisaged a dual system of representation in Congress. In the House of Representatives, each state is allocated a number of seats in proportion to its population.
The Connecticut Compromise, also known as the Great Compromise, is in the history of the United States a compromise proposed by Connecticut delegates Roger Sherman and Oliver Ellsworth during the drafting of the United States Constitution in Congress in 1787 to settle disputes between states large and small, It was meant to be resolved through representatives.
The first point, and most important to the Americans, was that Britain recognize the Thirteen Colonies to be free and independent states. That Britain no longer had any claim on the land or government. The second major point was that the boundaries of the United States allowed for western expansion.
