Virginia Plan vs. New Jersey Plan
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New Jersey Plan
- small states -unicameral legislation - multi-person executive & recall by state governors - congressional power over states fixed representation
Final Document
-2 part legislature: VA - 1 part reps according to population: VA -1 part fixed reps: NJ - 3 branches of gov: both - Madison, John Rutledge, Alex Hamilton, and william Paterson helped put together the constitution
Virginia Plan
-large states -bicameral legislation -lower house is elected by popular vote and upper house is elected by lower house - the executive branch is at the will of the congress - the # of reps depends on the pop of the state
