The document discusses the Virginia and New Jersey Plans debated at the Constitutional Convention and their compromise. The Virginia Plan proposed three branches of government and two houses in Congress based on state population, worrying small states. The New Jersey Plan kept three branches but a single-house Congress with each state getting one vote. The Great Compromise created a bicameral legislature with the House based on population and the Senate giving two seats to each state.

1. Understanding the Virginia and New Jersey Plans The Great Compromise