What did the New Jersey plan advocate?

Answer 1

Some proposal's included in the New Jersey Plan were that the Articles of Confederation be amended, Congress could have authority to raise funds through tariffs, and Congress would elect two federal executives. The plan also gave Congress the right to collect taxes from states based on their population.

Answer 2

When the United States Constitution was being drafted in 1787, the New Jersey Plan was an option proposed by William Paterson, a New Jersey delegate. The Plan called for each state to have one vote in Congress instead of the number of votes being based on population.

Answer 3

The New Jersey plan wanted all of the states to have an equal number of representatives in congress because the smaller states thought that they wouldn't have the power that the larger states had.

Answer 4

It was a plan to give every state an equal amount of representation. New Jersey established this plan in opposition to the Virginia Plan which wanted to give states representation based on population and the wealth of the citizens. They both wanted unicameral legislatives, and the Connecticut Compromise came in and proposed to have a bicameral legislature (Senate and House of Reps).

Answer 5

The New Jersey plan states that all states have equal opportunity. That no larger states choose over smaller states.

Answer 6

The New Jersey Plan called for a one-house legislature in which each state had an equal number of votes

Answer 7

The New Jersey plan proposed that every state gets an equal number of votes in Congress.