<span>The Great was retained because it <span>merged proposals from large states and small states about congressional
apportionment. Eventually, the main contribution was in defining the
apportionment of the senate, and thus retaining a federal character in the constitution.
It was proposed that the proportion of suffrage in the 1st. branch [house]
should depend on the respective numbers of free people. It added that for the second branch or
Senate, each State should have no more than one vote. Though this plan failed it was finally
resolved and an amended version of this plan was included. Benjamin Franklin made modifications so that
each state big or small was represented in the senate. The Three-Fifths Compromise was no longer
retained because it focused whether or not to include slaves in the total population
count and victory in the Civil War ended slavery making it null.</span></span>
In the year 1869, the first transcontinental railroad was finished. The correct option among all the options given in the question is option "B". The construction of
the railroad started in the year 1863 and finished in the year 1869. It was a
1907 mile continuous railroad that connected Pacific coast of San Francisco Bay
with the Eastern U. S. rail network. The railroad was actually built by three
private companies of the United States. The railroad was opened for traffic on
10th<span> of May in the year 1869.</span>
A penal colony. Run for the purpose of keeping criminals out of Britain, whilst being punished.
This was granted by an initiative.