USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Congress elects a federal executive, consisting of multiple people, who cannot be re-elected and can be recalled by Congress when requested by the majority of executives of the states.

Detailed explanation-2: -William Paterson’s New Jersey Plan proposed a unicameral (one-house) legislature with equal votes of states and an executive elected by a national legislature. This plan maintained the form of government under the Articles of Confederation while adding powers to raise revenue and regulate commerce and foreign affairs.

Detailed explanation-3: -The New Jersey Plan proposed a unicameral (single chamber) legislature with equal representation, and would have revised the Articles of Confederation to keep more power in the hands of the states instead of a centralized government.

Detailed explanation-4: -John Trumballs’ The Signing of the Declaration of Independence is one of the best known images of the second Continental Congress, signed in the same room where William Paterson proposed in “The New Jersey Plan” eleven years later.

Detailed explanation-5: -State Constitution In the mid-1800s, New Jersey citizens wanted a more democratic form of state government so the 1844 constitution was drafted, providing for the separation of powers among the legislative, judicial, and executive branches and including a bill of rights.