Compromises on the Way to a More Perfect Union: Celebrating the Semiquincentennial, Part 9

 

We’re two months past the official Semiquincentennial July 4^th celebration day. But it’s still the year of celebration.

In this series, we’ve spent several months on various parts of our beloved Constitution.

Here’s the series up to this point, if you missed any or want to review:

·        January: The Declaration

·        February: Preamble to the Constitution

·        March: Article I: Lawmaking

·        April: Article II: Executive Branch

·        May: Article III: Judicial Branch

·        June: Bill of Rights

·        July: Happy Birthday, America!

·        August: Bill of Rights Continued

This month in particular ought to be about celebrating that amazing document, since it was signed in September (1787). There’s enough good in our Constitution that we could finish the year-long series doing more and more Constitution. I do, however, plan to celebrate some other American things in the few remaining months. But not today.

Today I thought it might be useful to go through the two major compromises in the Constitution.

The Great Compromise

The first one on our list, sometimes called the Great Compromise, had to do with the question of whether representation should be based on population or equally by state.

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