There were a plethora of decisions at the Continental Convention of 1787 that helped build the United States of America we have today. The attendee who had the greatest impact on the convention, other than James Madison, was a delegate named Roger Sherman. He was a very influential person who had many accomplishments, including: being a well-respected politician, a lawyer who graduated from Yale University, a senator from Connecticut, a surveyor of Newton County, an associate judge of the Supreme Court and member of the Continental Congress. All of these things would help shape the man who would change the United States of America forever. According to Thomas Kindig in the article Signers of the Declaration of Independence; Sherman was one of the most outspoken and persistent members of the convention. In Madison's notes he is credited with approximately one hundred and thirty-eight speeches in which he preached forcefully on federalism. He proposed what is currently known as “The Great Compromise” or “The Connecticut Compromise.” With his compromise, he shaped our government and led America to become the great world power it is today. On May 25, 1787, in a State House in Philadelphia, fifty-five delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies met, in efforts to amend the ineffective Articles of Confederation. This meeting was called the Continental Convention of 1787. After the Articles of Confederation, it was clear that a unicameral legislature was not going to meet, maintain, and unify the needs of all the states. Many ideas have arisen to propose a solution to the contentious debate over how many representatives each state should have in the U.S. Congress. The ...... middle of article ......lem, Thomas R. “Sherman's Great Compromise: Roger Sherman's Brilliant Proposal Saved the 1787 Constitutional Convention from a Hopeless Deadlock and l 'protected against the centralization of power at the federal level. » The new American. Long View Publications, June 28, 2004. Web. June 29, 2011. Kindig, Thomas. “Signees of the Declaration of Independence: Short biographies on each of the 56 signers of the Declaration. » Ushistory.org. Independence Hall Association, 2011. Web. June 26, 2011.Longley, Robert. “The Great Compromise of 1787: A congress created. » About.com. New York Times Company, 2011. Web. June 29, 2011.Mount, Steve. “The Constitution of the United States.” USConstitution.net. Craig Walenta, January 3, 2011. Web. June 29, 2011. Connecticut State Judicial Branch Law Libraries. "Roger Sherman and the Connecticut Compromise". Jud.ct.gov. np, 2011. Web. June 29 2011.