In 1787 the convention met inthe Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia, ostensibly to amend the Articles of Confederation (the first U.S. constitution, 1781–89). What was in the Great Compromise? The Great Compromise created two legislative bodies in Congress. ... According to the Great Com...
The Articles of Confederation devised a loose association among the states and set up a federal government with very limited powers. In such critical matters as defense, public finance, and trade, the federal government was at the mercy of the state legislatures. It was not an arrangement condu...