Primary Sources

Books

Hoar, George F. The Connecticut Compromise. ProQuest, ProQuest LLC., 1 Apr. 1902,

search.proquest.com/openview/d3623388b1e83885214bdf2bf6a39578/1?pq-

origsite=gscholar&cbl=1819151.

This is the proceedings from a book by George Hoar of the American Antiquarian Society about the

Connecticut Compromise. The writer of the proceedings was Hoar, George F. This taught us about how the

Connecticut Compromise prevented the most difficult problem of that time. Which was delegates of the

Constitutional Convention of 1787 not being able to come to a decision on how the legislative branch

should be. We will be using this for showing how the Compromise resolved the representation we use in

the Legislative branch.

Madison, James. The Virginia Plan or Randolph Resolutions. The Virginia Plan or Randolph Resolutions (1787),

7 Dec. 2017, consource.org/document/the-virginia-plan-or-randolph-resolutions-1787/.

This is digital version of the Virginia Plan which was written by James Madison. We learned that the

Virginia plan had a strong point but it was not represented as fair in the legislature for the small states. On

the website this is going to be used for explaining the arguments tab.

Paterson, William. The New Jersey Plan or Paterson Resolutions. The New Jersey Plan or Paterson Resolutions

(1787), 7 Dec. 2017, consource.org/document/the-new-jersey-plan-or-paterson-resolutions-1787/.

This is digital version of the New Jersey Plan which was written by William Paterson. We learned that the

New Jersey plan was for equal representation for each state in the legislature but it didnt satisfy the bigger

states. On the website this is going to be used for explaining the arguments tab.

Magazine and Newspaper Articles

Adams, John Quincy. Complete November 1787 Boston Newspaper With Numerous Articles Concerning

The Proposed New Constitution. 1787 Newspaper on New Constitution: Sherman and Ellsworth Letter

Transmitting To Legislature, History Gallery, 26 Sept. 1787,

www.historygallery.com/law/1787ConstitutionNewspaper/1787ConstitutionNewspaper.htm.
 This is a website containing a newspaper released in 1787. From this newspaper we learned how

the public worried how the Great Compromise would affect them. Which we will use on our website to

show how the people were feeling about the Compromise.

Photographs

U. S. Articles of confederation. Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union between the States of New

Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island, and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New

Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South. Library of Congress, Library

of Congress Staff, 1777, www.loc.gov/resource/rbpe.17802600/?sp=4.

This is photos of the articles of the Articles of Confederation. This taught us the concepts of how

the Articles of Confederations shaped government. On the website we will apply this by using it as

reference to the Articles when going further in depth into the thesis.

Washington, George. New Jersey Plan of Government 1787. Creating the United States Constitution,

Library of Congress, June 1787, www.loc.gov/exhibits/creating-the-united-

states/interactives/constitution/executive/enlarge2.html.

This is a picture of the New Jersey Plan. What we learned from this is that the New Jersey

delegates led by William Paterson proposed the New Jersey Plan. The New Jersey plan was designed to

protect the security and power of the small states by limiting each state to one vote in Congress. Which we

are going to use on our site to show what aspects of government the document contained.

Washington, George. Virginia Plan of Government. Creating the United States Constitution, Library of

Congress, May 1787, www.loc.gov/exhibits/creating-the-united-

states/interactives/constitution/executive/enlarge3.html.

This is a picture of the Virginia Plan. This taught us that the Virginia governor, Edmund

Randolph, proposed a document of representation of states by state population in the legislative branch.

This being since he was not satisfied with all states being represented equal in amount of votes. Which we

are gonna use on the website for explaining what the Virginia Plan represented.

Reports
 Johnson, William Samuel. Draft United States Constitution: Report of the Committee of Detail.Creating

the United States Constitution, Library of Congress, 6 Aug. 1787, www.loc.gov/exhibits/creating-the-

united-states/interactives/constitution/executive/enlarge1.html.

This is a photo of the report from the committee that led to the creation of on the United States

Constitution. This photo taught us that a lot of work was put into it. Mainly because the people wanted a

government that cared about their opinion and rights. Which we are gonna use on our website when

addressing what documents set the draft of the Constitution of the United States.

Websites

Baltzell, George W. Constitution of the United States - We the People. Constitution for the United States

- We the People, 12 Mar. 2017, constitutionus.com/.

This is a digital document of the Constitution of the United States. This taught us about the concepts that

make up the United States government. We also learned about which rights belong the government and the

people. On the website we will be using this to show how the Connecticut Compromise has affected the

legislative branch that we have today in the United States

DiCamillo, Michael. Articles of Confederation. Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia, Rutgers

University, 2015, philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/archive/articles-of-confederation/.

This is a website of primary information relating to the Articles of Confederation. We learned that the

Articles of Confederation was an influential document for the structure of the United States legislature. But

it lacked the power to actually pass laws and the power to tax. We will apply this to the website when

talking about our arguments.

Madison, James, et al. Creating the United States Convention and Ratification. Creating the United

States, Library of Congress, 12 Apr. 2008, www.loc.gov/exhibits/creating-the-united-states/convention-

and-ratification.html.

This is a website containing images of documents written by delegates from the Constitutional Convention.

This taught us all the documents that were proposed before and after the Connecticut Compromise.

Examples being the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan, which werent fully agreed upon by all

Constitutional Convention delegates. On our website we will use this to show how the Connecticut

Compromise settled the dispute on the structure of the legislative branch of the U.S.
 Mount, Steve. The Virginia Plan - The U.S. Constitution Online. The Virginia Plan - The U.S.

Constitution Online - USConstitution.net, Steve Mount, 8 Jan. 2010, www.usconstitution.net/plan_va.html.

This is a website listing what the Virginia Plan tried to solve. We learned from this is how the

Virginia Plan changed the United States Constitution even though it was turned down. When we use this on

the website, we will explain the reason for why the Connecticut Compromise is the best. This being

because its structure has aspects similar to that of the Virginia Plan.

Mount, Steve The New Jersey Plan - The U.S. Constitution Online. The New Jersey Plan - The U.S.

Constitution Online - USConstitution.net, Steve Mount, 8 Jan. 2010, www.usconstitution.net/plan_nj.html.

This is a website listing what the New Jersey Plan tried to solve. We learned how the constitution was

changed by the New Jersey Plan. Which on the site we will use this when explaining the thesis reasons

more in depth.

Oak Hill Publishing Company. James Madison, Father of the U.S. Constitution.,Constitution Facts -

Official U.S. Constitution Website, Library of Congress, 2017, www.constitutionfacts.com/us-constitution-

amendments/james-madison/.

This is a website of information about the articles that shaped the constitution. It includes the text of the

Virginia Plan, the Connecticut Compromise, the New Jersey Plan, along with some images of them and

such. We learned the pros and cons of each of these document. We will use this when describing the

arguments section of our website.

Tansill, Charles C. Articles of Confederation: March 1, 1781. The Avalon Project Documents in Law, History and

Diplomacy, Lillian Goldman Law Library, 1927, avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/artconf.asp.

This is a digital version of the Articles of Confederation. We learned the powers of the national and state

governments under the Articles. Which to be brief, the national government had little power and the state

governments had the most power. On the website this is going to be used on our arguments page.

Walter Davis. 1787: Virginia and New Jersey Plans. Online Library of Liberty, Liberty Fund, Inc., 13 Apr. 2016,

oll.libertyfund.org/pages/1787-virginia-and-new-jersey-plans.

This is a website that uses direct information from the New Jersey and Virginia Plans on how the

legislature structure should be. We learned the aspects of the plans that were incorporated into the United
 States government. Which we will use this on the website for pointing out the pros and cons of the Plans.

This taking place on the arguments tab.

Secondary Sources

Books

Estes, Todd. The Connecticut Effect: The Great Compromise of 1787 and the History of Small State

Impact on Electoral College Outcomes. Historian, vol. 73, no. 2, 2011, pp. 255283. Academic Search

Elite, EBSCO, doi:10.1111/j.1540-6563.2011.00291.x.

This is a book about the Connecticut Compromise. We learned how the powers of government,

state and national, were affected by The Great Compromise. On our website we are going to try and

apply this to our arguments to display how it directly affect our government.

Photographs

The Anti-Slavery Society Convention

Tikkun.org

Thomas Clarkson

http://www.tikkun.org/nextgen/why-america-needs-a-left-2

This is a photo of U.S. government officials debating heavily at the Constitutional Convention. This

teaches us that the Convention which lead to the creation of the United States Constitution was not an easy

process. It has helped us better express, via images, the tense and loud nature that would have existed

during the Constitutional Convention.

Photograph of US Delegates during Constitutional Convention

Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch

http://teachingamericanhistory.org/convention/stearns/

This is a photo of U.S. delegates during the Constitutional Convention. This taught us the conditions and

the settings of the convention. We plan on using this photo as a decorative item under our Research: tab.

1856. Gift of the photographer to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.Photo of Constitution

Unknown, on Thinglink

https://www.thinglink.com/scene/797469196186288129

2016. Collaborative Image Web

 This is a photograph of the Constitution. The constitution of the United States of America is very vital to

our project, especially considering our project is based on something that helped make it. We, with this

photo, learned more about what the constitution is formatted like. We used this image as a homepage image

because we believe that it should set the precedence of our project.

Publications

Biography.com Editors. Roger Sherman. Biography.com, A&E Networks Television, 13 July 2016,

www.biography.com/people/roger-sherman-9482029.

This biography of Roger Sherman helped us to understand his importance in history and his life. We

learned what kind of man it was that lead to the creation of the Connecticut Compromise. Which we are

going to use for explaining the people who pushed the passing of the Connecticut Compromise.

The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia. "Oliver Ellsworth." Encyclopedia of World Biography, vol. 21,

Gale, 2001. Research in Context,

go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?p=MSIC&sw=w&u=plat39548&v=2.1&id=GALE%7CK1631007737&it=r&asi

d=239aa5541932e3f2db533ce2ee12ffd8.

This biography of Oliver Ellsworth helped me to understand his life accomplishments and importance in

history. We learned about his occupations and past interactions with government. Which we are going to

use for explaining those who pushed the passing of the Connecticut Compromise.

Videos

@TheCrashCourse. Constitutional Compromises: Crash Course Government and Politics #5. Performance

by Craig Benzine, Youtube, Youtube, 20 Feb. 2015, youtu.be/kCCmuftyj8A.

This is a youtube video about the compromises that made up our government as we know it. We learned

what compromises have changed the United States government in history. Which we are going to put on

our website to give another approach of learning the compromises, this being besides reading paragraphs.

Websites

Vile, John R. "Connecticut Plan (Connecticut Compromise)." American Governance, edited by Stephen Schechter,

et al., vol. 1, Macmillan Reference USA, 2016, pp. 355-356. Gale Virtual Reference Library,

go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?p=GVRL&sw=w&u=inde80299&v=2.1&id=GALE%7CCX3629100147&it=r&

asid=c60aa0a3fd9eff249461c1198486c330. Accessed 26 Oct. 2017.

This is a website about the history of the Connecticut Compromise. We learned what has made the

Connecticut Compromise the way it is and who created the document. On the website we are going to use

this on our website to explain the different aspects of the Connecticut Compromise.