what could the congress do under the government body
It could only pass a law unless nine states voted in favor of it.
The Congress under the Virginia plan would have been a unicameral legislature with representation based on a state's population like the House of Representatives that we have today.
Virginia Plan
because they knew at this point that they could not work with the president
It is true that Congress did not agree to President Truman's request under the Marshall plan of sending US aid to anti-communist forces in Greece and Turkey. However, Congress did agree to the Truman Doctrine which sent aid to anti-communist forces in Greece and Turkey.
it gave the national Congress the power to veto any state law
Pea there pants cause the pea would give there hiding place
They could set taxes and regulate trade power.
They could set taxes and regulate trade power.
The powers that Congress had under the New Jersey plan that they did not have under the Articles of Confederation is that every state could only pass one vote, and could not pass votes off the population, for every state did not have the same population and therefor it would not be a fair voting.
The powers that Congress had under the New Jersey plan that they did not have under the articles of confederation is that every state could only pass one vote, and could not pass votes off the population, for every state did not have the same population and therefor it would not be a fair voting.
The Congress under the Virginia plan would have been a unicameral legislature with representation based on a state's population like the House of Representatives that we have today.
They could set taxes and regulate trade power.
give and protect African Americans' right to vote
An example sentence could be: "Congress is currently voting on a new plan to give jobs"
So Congress would have two houses.
They would be represented equally.
Virginia plan