What differences between the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey plan and state the compromise they agreed upon?

Answer 1

the comparision of this is that they both wanted a strong cenetral government ---- The framework of discussion was established on James Madison's terms. The Virginia Plan called for: 1. A two-house legislature, the lower house chosen by the people and the upper house chosen by the lower. The legislature would have the power to annul any state laws that it found unconstitutional. 2. A "national executive"--the makeup was not specified, so there might have been more than one president under tha plan--to be elected by the legislature. 3. A national judiciary to be chosen by the legislature Due to this proposal, the smaller states felt that the larger states would be in control due to population, therefore, William Paterson of New Jersey argued that the convention had no power to deprive the smaller states of equality they enjoyed under the Articles of Confederation, and propsed the New Jersey Plan. 1. Continuation of the Articles of Confederation including one vote for each state represented in the legislature. Congress would be strengthened so that it could impose taxes and regulate trade, and acts of Congress would be the "supreme law" of the states. 2. An executive of more than one person to be elected by Congress. 3. A supreme Court, to be appointed by the executive. This government would have continued as a weak confederation of sovereign states, and many delegates at Philadelphia convention were determined to build a stronger national government.

Answer 2

The Virginia Plan took sides on both slavery and representation and had very different views on each. As outlined in The Virginia Plan, states should have representation in the government based on that particular states' population and wealth. The larger states had bigger militias and paid more taxes, so they felt that they should have more say in government. It was also suggested and highly recommended by the states in favor of The Virginia Plan that the government should, from there on out, have three branches: The executive, the Judicial, and the Legislative branches. The Legislative branch was to have greater power, as it would choose the officials in the other two branches. These states wanted a bicameral legislature with a House of Representatives and a Senate, both based on population and wealth. The Virginia Plan gave the national government more power than it had under the Articles of Confederation, allowing it such powers, that as: regulating interstate trade, vetoing laws passed by the state that were deemed unconstitutional, and using the armed forces to enforce laws.

Answer 3

the Virginia plan wanted a house of representatives with more people in it

the new jersey wanted less people in it

(....New Jersey is smaller. Virginia is bigger)

based on population. they wanted to know if to count slaves with the population count