Larger States liked the Virginia Plan, Smaller States liked the NJ Plan. The convention compromised by making a House and Senate and would use both plans
The Connecticut Commitment of 1787 in the United States, also known as the Great Compromise, originated in the creation of legislative bodies. He joined the Virginia Plan that favored population-based representation, and the New Jersey Plan, which listed each state as an equal. Roger Sherman of Connecticut played an important role in building this commitment.
It established a bicameral system: one chamber in favor of the Virginia Plan, based on the population of the States, and the other in accordance with the New Jersey Plan, by which all States voted in equality.
Concurrent powers are powers that are shared by both the State and the federal government. These powers may be exercised simultaneously within the same territory and in relation to the same body of citizens.
Regulating elections, taxing, borrowing money and establishing courts.
