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title: "Why did the delegates to the Constitutional Convention adopt the Great Compromise?"  
description: "Why did the delegates to the Constitutional Convention adopt the Great Compromise?"  
author: "Ward ryan"  
published: 2018-10-23  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51055/why-did-the-delegates-to-the-constitutional-convention-adopt-the-great-compromise  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why did the delegates to the Constitutional Convention adopt the Great Compromise? 

Why did the [delegates to the Constitutional](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41479/how-did-the-delegates-to-the-constitutional-convention-balance-competing-interests) [Convention](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42019/what-did-the-seneca-falls-convention-inspire-amelia-bloomer-to-do) [adopt](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/81830/world-needs-to-adopt-paris-15-minute-city-model) the Great [Compromise](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/35808/what-did-the-three-fifths-compromise-state)? \
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