MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION THE GREAT COMPROMISE
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The New Jersey Plan wanted a bicameral legislature while the Virginia Plan wanted a unicameral legislature
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The New Jersey Plan only applied to the Northern states while the Virginia Plan appealed to the Western territories
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The Virginia Plan wanted a bicameral legislature while the New Jersey Plan wanted a unicameral legislature.
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The New Jersey Plan and the Virginia Plan are both names for the Great Compromise and called for the same type of legislature and federal government structure.
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Detailed explanation-1: -…a plan known as the Virginia, or large state, plan, which provided for a bicameral legislature with representation of each state based on its population or wealth. William Paterson proposed the New Jersey, or small state, plan, which provided for equal representation in Congress.
Detailed explanation-2: -James Madison wrote the Virginia Plan, which called for states with larger populations to have more representation in the government. William Paterson presented the New Jersey Plan, which called for equal representation for every state no matter what the population.
Detailed explanation-3: -*What was the main difference between the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan? The Virginia Plan called for a two-house legislature with more representation for larger states; the New Jersey Plan called for a one-house legislature with equal representation for all states.
Detailed explanation-4: -what was the main difference between the virginia plan and the new jersey plan? the virginia plan called for a bicameral legislature and representation would be based on population, and the new jersey plan had a unicameral legislature and each state had the same # of votes. What was the three-fifths compromise?