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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.

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