1. The Great Compromise at Independence Hall
Larger states often tried to insert provisions regarding the payment and selection of federal officials and this brought a backlash from smaller states who were unsure if they were protected from this majority. ... Banning believed this issue had so much prominence because the founders did not want to replicate the issues of the Articles of Confederation and feared the terrors of "majority misrule". This fear of the majority explains why the larger states conceided power during the Great Compromise. ... This knowledge of the unreliability of the majority made the larger states wil...
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