The Great Compromise, also known as the Connecticut Compromise, was an agreement reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that resolved the issue of representation in Congress. The compromise provided for a bicameral legislature with proportional representation based on a states population for one chamber, the House of Representatives, and equal state representation for the other chamber, the Senate. The issue of representation threatened to destroy the convention, with delegates from large states believing that they should have proportionally greater representation in both houses, while small-state delegates demanded that all states be equally represented in both houses. When Connecticut delegate Roger Sherman proposed the compromise, Benjamin Franklin agreed that each state should have an equal vote in the Senate in all matters except those involving money. The Great Compromise was adopted by the convention on July 16, 1787, by a margin of one vote. The compromise was a crucial step in the creation of the United States Constitution and helped to establish the framework for the federal government.