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What plan was William Paterson in favor for during the constitutional convention?
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∙ 13y ago
"the idea of a national Government as contra distinguished from a federal one, never entered into the mind of any of them [the people], and to the public mind we must accommodate ourselves. We have no power to go beyond the federal scheme, and if we had the people are not ripe for any other."
this was one of his quotes. you might find more at this website:
http://www.history.army.mil/books/RevWar/ss/paterson.htm
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 11y agoHe proposed the New Jersey plan a unicameral legislative body with equal representation from each state.
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∙ 13y agoHe came up with what is known as the New Jersey Plan. It benefited the smaller states with the plan to have representation based equal as a larger state.
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∙ 13y agoWilliam Patterson proposed and was in favor of the "New Jersey Plan" as opposed to the "Virginia Plan" to determine how states should be represented in Congress.
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∙ 13y agoa merchant .(: <3
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∙ 13y agoNew Jersey Plan
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