The New Jersey Plan (also known as the Small State Plan or Paterson Plan) was a proposal for the structure of the United States Government proposed by Paterson at the Philadelphia Convention on June 15, 1787. The federal government of the United States is the central United States Governmental body established by the United States Constitution. The Philadelphia Convention (now also known as the Constitutional Convention, the Federal Convention, or the " Grand Convention at Philadelphia It was debated for 3 days. The plan was created in response to the Virginia Plan's call for two houses of Congress, both elected with proportional representation. The Virginia Plan (also known as the Randolph Plan, after its sponsor or Large-State Plan) was a proposal by Virginia delegates drafted by Proportional representation (sometimes referred to as full representation or PR is a category of electoral formula aiming at a close match between the percentage of votes [1] The less populous states were adamantly opposed to giving most of the control of the national government to the larger states, and so proposed an alternate plan that would have given one vote per state for equal representation under one legislative body. This was a compromise for the issue of the houses.
When the Connecticut Compromise (or "Great Compromise") was constructed, the New Jersey Plan's legislative body was used as the model for the United States Senate. The Connecticut Compromise, also known as the Great Compromise, was an essential agreement between large and small states reached during the Philadelphia Convention The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives [2]
Under the New Jersey Plan, the organization of the legislature was similar to that of the modern day United Nations and other like institutions. The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security This position reflected the belief that the states were independent entities, and, as they entered the United States of America freely and individually, so they remained. The New Jersey plan also gave power to regulate trade and to raise money by taxing foreign goods.
Ultimately, the New Jersey Plan was rejected as a basis for a new constitution. The Virginia Plan was used, but some ideas from the New Jersey plan were added. In the Senate each state would be represented equally while the House of Representatives votes would be distributed according to population.
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- ^ William Paterson, United States Army. The United States Army is a military organization whose primary mission is to "provide necessary forces and capabilities. Accessed October 23, 2007. Events 4004 BC - Creation of the world begins according to the calculations of Archbishop James Ussher 42 BC - Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. "He was co-author of the New Jersey (or Paterson) Plan that asserted the rights of the small states by proposing a national legislature that, ignoring differences in size and population, gave equal voice to all the states. The proposal countered the Virginia Plan introduced by Edmund Randolph, which granted special recognition to differences in population and, therefore, favored the large states. "
- ^ Constitutional Convention of 1787, Princeton University. Princeton University is a private Coeducational research university located in Princeton, New Jersey. Accessed October 23, 2007. Events 4004 BC - Creation of the world begins according to the calculations of Archbishop James Ussher 42 BC - Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. "The Connecticut Compromise, which broke the deadlock, proposed a lower house, elected in proportion to population, and an upper house, in which each state, regardless of size, would have equal representation. "
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New Jersey Plan
-proper noun
- a 1787 proposal for the structure of the United States Government
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