The Virginia Plan

The Virginia Plan also called Randolph Plan because it was proposed by Edmund Jennings
Randolph in 1787, which constituted of fifteen resolutions to separate the power in different
branch of the government such as legislative, executive, and judicial. Randolph found that there
are many problems and crisis in America, so The Virginia Plan created a bicameral legislature:
the lower house and the upper house, in order to solve these situations. The plan asked for
stronger government to against foreign aggression, reconcile the disagreement between different
States, and gain the support from different States. More over, it can ensure the Government
collect tax and implement laws since the different branches and different responsibility.
Furthermore, people had more opportunities to participate in making new plans. Because the
election plan based on population, it was supported by the States which had larger population.
However, the smaller states which were not benefited from the plan devoted to create their own
plan.

The New Jersey Plan

The New Jersey Plan also called Paterson Plan because it was proposed by William Paterson in
1787, which was the counterview of The Virginia Plan. The smaller states opposed The Virginia
Plan since the number of representation depended on the population of the state which means the
larger states had more vote than the smaller states. The New Jersey Plan constituted eleven
resolutions to insisted that there was only one single legislature, and each state only had one vote
in order to keep the smaller states had the equal power as the lager states. In this plan, there were
still three branches such as legislative, executive, and judicial. More over, Congress should have
more power such as control commerce, collect tax and pass laws. Judiciary was represented by a
Supreme Tribunal which had the power in impeachment cases, and executive should have a
power to force the states to obey the laws. Therefore, the larger states opposed this plan and
insisted on The Virginia Plan.
Connecticut/Great Compromise
The Great Compromise also called Connecticut Compromise because it was developed by Roger
Sherman who came from Connecticut. It combined The Virginia Plan and The New Jersey Plan
in order to break the deadlock between the larger states and the smaller state. The Compromise
accepted the legislature is bicameral which means there were still two houses. The upper house,
also called the senate had equal representation which was chosen by the state legislatures, and
the representation in the lower house, also called House of Representatives was depending on the
population which was chosen by people. Then it ensured every state had equal representation, so
that the two houses can cooperate and work efficiently. Although it denied the government has
the veto power, it made the Supreme Court to solve the problem between state and national laws.

The Great Compromise chose the advantages from The Virginia Plan and The New Jersey Plan
that let both larger and smaller states agreed with this compromise.

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