Every state had the same number of representatives.
What was the role of William Patterson at the Constitutional Convention?
He wrote the New Jersey Plan
What was the Proposal of the Great Compromise?
Agreement to create a two house legislature. House of Reps based on population, Senate based on equal representatives.
Bicameral
Two house legislature
What was the proposal of the New Jersey Plan?
One house. Equal representation.
What are the two major plans for government?
The New Jersey Plan and the Virginia Plan.
What was the Proposal of the Virginia plan
Two houses based on population.
Constitutional Convention
Meeting in 1787 of the elected representatives of the thirteen original states to write the Constitution of the United States.
Both the Virginia and New Jersey Plans called for how many branches?
3 (executive, legislative & judicial)
Three-Fifths Compromise
Only three-fifths of a state's slave population could be counted during representation.
Who presented the Great Compromise?
Roger Sherman.
Unicameral
One-house legislature
Who presented the New Jersey Plan?
William Patterson.
What were the two major compromises?
The Great Compromise and the Three-Fifths Compromise
3/5ths Compromise
an agreement worked out at the Constitutional Convention stating that only three-fifths of the slaves in a state would count when determining its population fo
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