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William Paterson's plan was called the New Jersey or Paterson plan and it countered the Virginia plan and it proposed a national legislature that, ignoring differences in size and population, gave equal voice to all the states.
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William Paterson proposed what plan?
William Paterson proposed the New Jersey Plan to the Constitutional Convention in 1787.
Which man proposed the New Jersey Plan?
William Paterson; along with Mr. Martin from Maryland.
William Paterson suggested an alternate to the Virginia Plan that was called?
the new jersey plan
Who sponsored the New Jersey plan at the Constitutional Convention?
Edmund Randolph sponsored the Virginia Plan (also called the Virginia Resolves). William Patterson sponsored the New Jersey Plan.
Who was the author of the new jersey plan?
The New Jersey Plan was first introduced for the first time on June 15, 1787.The New Jersey Plan was created as a response to the Virginia Plan.
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