why did the u s constitution establish a bicameral legislature 
the founders of the u s established a bicameral legislature in order to create a separation of powers at the constitutional convention larger states mostly in the south and smaller states in the north began to quarrel over which should wield more power at the federal level as a compromise called the great compromise roger sherman a delegate from the colony of connecticut proposed bicameralism this way smaller states got equal representation with larger states with each having two senators at the same time the house of representatives assigns members of congress proportional to the population 