MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE RATIFICATION OF THE CONSTITUTION AND THE NEW US GOVERNMENT
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Some states wanted indirect elections, but others wanted elections by universal suffrage.
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Some states wanted a parliamentary system, but others wanted separate branches of government.
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Some states wanted equal representation, but others wanted representation according to size of population.
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Some states wanted representatives appointed by governors, but others wanted them appointed by state legislators.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Virginia, or large state, plan provided for a bicameral legislature with representation of each state based on its population or wealth; the New Jersey, or small state, plan proposed equal representation for each state in Congress.
Detailed explanation-2: -The majority of the disagreements were over how much power was to be given to the states. James Madison wrote the Virginia Plan, which called for states with larger populations to have more representation in the government.
Detailed explanation-3: -Also known as “The Great Compromise of 1787”, the Connecticut Compromise was an agreement that was ultimately reached between the two parties. In the compromise, the bicameral legislative structure was retained from the Virginia Plan.
Detailed explanation-4: -That is, each state’s representation in Congress would be based on its population. The alternative to the Virginia Plan, William Paterson’s New Jersey Plan, intended to give states equal representation in a one-bodied legislature.
Detailed explanation-5: -*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.