MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
SHAYS REBELLION
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Virginia
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New Jersey
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Connecticut
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Detailed explanation-1: -Introduced to the Constitutional Convention in 1787, James Madison’s Virginia Plan outlined a strong national government with three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial. The plan called for a legislature divided into two bodies (the Senate and the House of Representatives) with proportional representation.
Detailed explanation-2: -Power of the States James Madison wrote the Virginia Plan, which called for states with larger populations to have more representation in the government. As an alternative, William Paterson presented the New Jersey Plan, which called for equal representation for every state no matter what the population.
Detailed explanation-3: -06The Virginia Plan called for a separation of powers in the new US government. 07It also called for a bicameral congress. 08It also included what would become the Good Behavior Clause of the US Constitution. 09The procedures for the admission of new states to the Union also go back to the Virginia Plan.