"The national Congress should consist of two houses: one in which representation is based on population, and one in which states are equally represented." This answer is based on Castlelearning.com
It was because there were two opinions on how representation in Congress should be handled; equally and proportionally based on a state's population. That's why in the Senate every state has two representatives, while in the House each state has a number that is dependent on their population.
The courts decided to keep the slaves
Benjamin Franklin believed each state should have equal representation.
This is the concept of proportional representation in a representative democracy.
Connecticut compromise
He thought that states should have representation by size and population.
Connecticut Compromise
Northern states felt that representation in Congress should be based on the number of free people. Southern states believed that representation should be based on total population, which included slaves.
"Should states be represented equally or in proportion to their population? Both, according to the Connecticut compromise, states have equal representation in the senate, but representation in the house is by population. What should be done about slaver/How should slave be represented in the house of representatives? Congress was silent on this issue, besides saying they could not be imported after 1808/By counting them as 3/5 a person. Should the right to vote be based on universal manhood suffrage, or should it be very restricted? Finesse the issue. Let the states decide qualifications for voting.
Substantive representation is when representatives advocate for certain groups. Descriptive representation is the idea that candidates should be elected to represent ethnic & gender constituencies rather than the population at large.
The states were given equil amounts of representation, regardless of the population. That would mean the representation would be based on the individual states, and not the population.the New Jersey plan had 3 branches (legislatiure, Execultive, judiceal)the legislature is a unicameral(one house)it was proposed by William Pattersonthis plan was liked by the small population but rejected by the large population states