A strong President would gain king-like power.
Both Virginia and New Jersey plans called for a government with 3 branches.
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australis
Virginia Plan
the new jersey plan
Legislative
Virginia Plan
virginia and Massachusetts
The great compromise.
Pressure from Confederate politicians who still had connections with people in western Virginia , created several plans in January of 1863 to retake western Virginia. The Confederates conducted several raids into that part of Virginia and even threatened the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. Union General Joseph Hooker's activities in Virginia, however, placed any plans for western Virginia on hold.
Virginia and New Jersey
Virginia Plan