Patricia Aguilar

Fal16_POLS001_73033
11 September 2016
Summarize Each Plan

It begins with what is called The Great Compromise. It was an intense convention with the most
disagreements for the issue of representation in Congress. There were Three plans one drafted by James
Madison called the Virginia Plan, New Jersey Plan drafted by William Paterson, and the Connecticut
Compromise drafted by Roger Sherman. The Virginia plan was drafted by James Madison. According to
my resource it had 15 resolutions proposed by Randolph concerning the Articles of Confederation. The
plan in History was dated May 29, 1787 It was made to benefit Virginia, Massachusetts, and
Pennsylvania. The specific powers for the congress would contain two divisions in the national
legislature. The members of the first legislative branch would be elected by the people and those of the
second branch would be elected by those in the branch. The powers for the executive would be chosen by
the national legislature. There were national separate judiciary, state, and federal relations. It would have
appointed executive and judiciary branches to veto state laws.
The smaller states countered with proposals too. The New Jersey Plan was drafted by William Paterson of
New Jersey. The plan was written during the 1787 constitutional convention. The benefits of the plan
would be that it allows states to raise revenues duties and stamp charges. It would regulate trade,
commerce, and would enforce requisitions. The congress equivalent in structure to the articles congress.
The congress would have had power but not as much as the Virginia Plan congress. An executive would
have been chosen by congress. I did not see any separate judiciary or interpreter of laws in my resource.
The congressional law would have been supreme over state law.
And third there was the third plan called the Connecticut Compromise it was drafted by Roger Sherman.
The plan was drafted on July 05, 1787. It was a two house national legislature. Each state would be
represented in the house of representatives based on population. That would have benefited the larger
states. Favoring the small states would be while representation in the senate was to be equal for each of
the states. The federal judiciary gave the U.S supreme court authority to review state supreme court
decisions. The compromise was adopted on July 16. The Connecticut Compromise continues to affect
American politics today.

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