MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION THE GREAT COMPROMISE
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New Jersey
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Three Fifth Compromise
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Virginia Plan
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The Great Compromise
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Detailed explanation-1: -The smaller states opposed the Virginia Plan because the resolution for proportional representation would mean that smaller states would have far less say in government than the large states.
Detailed explanation-2: -Delegates from smaller states, namely New Jersey and Delaware, were opposed to the plan. These delegates felt that the needs of their states would not be heard if they did not get equal representation. So, William Patterson, a delegate from New Jersey, proposed an alternative plan.
Detailed explanation-3: -Modeled on the existing state governments, the plan called for three branches of government (executive, legislative and judicial). Since the legislature appointed both the executive and judicial branches, however, the plan lacked the system of checks and balances that became central to the US Constitution.
Detailed explanation-4: -The New Jersey (Small-State) Plan Of course, states with smaller populations were not keen on the idea of a legislature where representation in both houses would be based on population, as it would threaten their independence and power. In response to the Virginia Plan, the small states proposed the New Jersey Plan.
Detailed explanation-5: -The alternative to the Virginia Plan, William Paterson’s New Jersey Plan, intended to give states equal representation in a one-bodied legislature.