It is also known as the Great Compromise of 1787. It was an agreement that, in part, defined the legislative structure and representation each state would have under the United States Constitution.
Connecticut Compromise, also known as Great Compromise, in United States history, the compromise offered by Connecticut delegates Roger Sherman and Oliver Ellsworth during the drafting of the Constitution of the United States at the 1787 convention to solve the dispute between small and large states over representation.
