Connecticut Compromise

noun

, American History.

1. a compromise adopted at the Constitutional Convention, providing the states with equal representation in the Senate and proportional representation in the House of Representatives.

Example Sentences

Congress is constructed around The Great Compromise of 1787 – sometimes called the Connecticut Compromise.

From Fox News

Enter the veteran liberal political writer Michael Tomasky and “If We Can Keep It,” his sweeping, rollicking, sometimes breezy political and cultural back story to our current moment, one that demands we become informed, among other things, about the Connecticut Compromise, the career of Martin Van Buren and the Supreme Court decision in the Marquette National Bank case.

From New York Times

The “Connecticut Compromise” — designed as a safeguard against the domination of smaller states by the more populous neighbors — entered history as perhaps the most crucial of all the bargains that enabled a new nation to be welded together out of the ramshackle Articles of Confederation.

From Washington Post

An example: The Great Compromise, or Connecticut Compromise, was a deal between large and small states in 1787 that defined the structure of Congress.

From Washington Post

The Connecticut Compromise at the time created the Senate: one chamber granting equal voice to every state to counterbalance the House, where more populous states spoke louder.

From New York Times