The national legislature—or Congress—envisioned by the Convention embodied the key compromise of the Convention between the small states which wanted to retain the power they had under the one state/one vote Congress of the Articles of Confederation and the large states which wanted the weight of their larger populations and wealth to have a proportionate share of power.
Den nationale lovgivende magt – USA's Kongres – illustrerede det centrale kompromis under konventarbejdet imellem de små stater, som ville bevare den magt de havde med 'en stat – en stemme'konceptet, som de havde under 'Articles of Confederation' og de større stater, som ønskede at deres større befolkning og rigdom skulle resultere i en mere proportional magtandel.