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Compare And Contrast The Articles Of Confederation

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On July 12, 1776, The Continental Congress members were appointed “to prepare and digest the form of a confederation to be entered into between these colonies”, which in simpler terms means to … and that is just what they did. The first draft of the Articles of Confederation, which was the first formal form of Government in the newly free colonies, it was proposed and ratified by … Under the Articles of Confederation, the congress had no power to coordinate foreign policy or tax. Each state had a unicameral legislative with each only having one vote, while Congress was given most of the national governments power. It soon became very evident that the articles were a weak union between the states at best. James Madison and George Washington …show more content…

The Virginia Plan was written by James Madison, who wanted the Articles of Confederation to be corrected and more specific. Strangely, the plan was presented by the governor of Virginia, Edmund Randolph, who later on would not sign the constitution. This plan proposed a division of federal power into 3 separate branches; legislative Branch that would make the law, an executive branch that would enforce the law, and a judicial branch that was made to interpret the laws. Among other things, this plan was in favor of the votes by population. The smaller states opposed Madison’s plan because agreeing to it would give the larger states more power in government. Not soon after, New Jersey delegate William Paterson devised his own small states plan, known as The New Jersey Plan. Under this, each state would have one single vote no matter the population. After the plan did not pass Paterson left the convention in late July but soon returned to sign the constitution. Each state had a different idea of what was fair and could not compromise. It wasn’t until July 16th ,1787 that the fight for representation was settled by the Great Compromise, also known as the Connecticut Compromise. The Great Compromise was constructed by Roger Sherman of Connecticut and encompassed parts of William Paterson’s New Jersey Plan as well as James …show more content…

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In 1978, two plans were put forth regarding how each state in the union would be represented in the national legislature. The two plans put forth were the, “Virginia Plan” (which favored big states), and the “New Jersey Plan.” (which favored small states) Edmund Randolph of Virginia proposed the Virginia plan. The plan laid out a system in which states would be represented in the national legislature based on their population and/or by how much revenue they contributed to the national government.

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The two plans put forth were the, “Virginia Plan” (which favored big states), and the “New Jersey Plan.” (which favored small states) Edmund Randolph of Virginia proposed the Virginia plan. The plan laid out a system in which states would be represented in the national legislature based on their population and/or by how much revenue

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The three branches would write, enforce, and judge the laws. This part of the New Jersey Plan is the same as the Virginia Plan, except that this plan would have a one house congress. The smaller states liked the idea of a three branch government, but would make

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A number of different frameworks were considered but the debate quickly centered around two different plans; New Jersey (aka “Little State”) and Virginia (aka ‘big state”). The major difference between the two plans was in how the “votes” of the 13 states (actually 12 since Rhode Island didn’t attend…) would be counted (based upon population or simple equality of states). In the end Connecticut provide a compromise (aka “Great Compromise”) that took the best of both plans and created a federal republic based on a separation of powers, checks and balances, protection of private property, and the interests of

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In the creating of the US Constitution, the creators hit many roadblocks. It was difficult for the state delegates to decide on much, especially because they were biased and in favor of their own states. The New Jersey Plan and the Virginia Plan were two examples of the disagreement of representation within the states in the legislative branch. The New Jersey Plan was in favor of equal representation throughout the states. The Virginia Plan was in favor of population representation, meaning the larger states would have more representation than the smaller states.

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It was written by William Patterson. The New Jersey plan favored giving control of the federal government to the states, not the people through their representatives. They proposed a unicameral legislature of only one house. This called for equal representation in which each state had the same number of representatives. The New Jersey Plan also called for Separation of Powers consisting of legislative, executive, and judicial branches.

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Under the Articles of Confederation, each of the thirteen colonies was represented in Congress with one vote. When the framers created the Constitution, there were discussions surrounding whether each state should have votes proportional to the state’s population or should each state have equal representation. The larger states favored the Virginia Plan (which was based on population) because this would give them greater control in Congress. The smaller states were concerned about losing power in Congress so they supported the New Jersey Plan (which gave each state equal representation). After much debate over the two plans, a compromise was adopted that created a bicameral Congress.

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 The legislative branch had only one house and each state got one vote in it.   The executive branch was where the President sat, and the judicial branch served as a national jury.   This plan was better than the Articles of Confederation, despite the fact that this plan basically strengthened it,  because at least there were executive and judicial branches to help better run the country.

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The plan proposed by Virginia otherwise known as the “large-state plan.” Which proposed “a bicameral legislature, in which the lower house would be elected proportionately and the upper house would be selected from a list of nominees sent from the state legislatures on the basis of equal representation for the states. ”(add footnote) As the smaller states feared that this plan would lose a voice in the federal government if they continued with the Virginia plan, they opposed this plan and came up with one for themselves which would be known as the “small-state plan.” The small-state plan would propose “a unicameral Congress, with equal representation for each state, with all the powers of the Confederation Congress.

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The Virginia Plan, proposed by James Madison favored the larger states for a two-house Congress to be based on each state’s population. This, of course, was argued about because small states felt as if they would not have enough voice. In disapproval to the Virginia Plan came the New Jersey Plan. This plan argued for a one house Congress, with equal representation. This meant that each state would have the same number of members.

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Having a weak central government created a whole new set of problems. After analyzing the Articles of Confederation the weaknesses outnumbered the strengths. Such as states not having to obey the laws and ignore taxations because they had no authority to enforce them. Congress did not have the power to collect taxes from the each of the states, that was one major weakness especially during the Revolutionary War because instead of getting the money they had to ask the states for money and the states said no. At that point the government should have put their foot down and enforced a new law, their troops were fighting for their freedom and these people didn’t care.

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Two different plans, the Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan, came into fuse into one and was known as the Great Compromise which helped delegates distribute even representation state to state. The next large issue, and in my opinion the largest was Slavery which was a difficult and as we know lengthy process which eventually was abolished. Southern slave owners wanted slaves to be counted in the population so they could get more representation on larger states, this lead to the Three-Fifths Compromise where slaves would be counted as three-fifths of a person when taking poll on the population. This was very important because if slavery was abolished at this point the southern states would of just disbanded from the convention. The last of major compromise was how they were going to decide who would take the chair of president of our country.

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Governor Edmund Randolph of Virginia proposed the “Virginia Plan”, which[Proposed] for a new form of government and called for the number of votes each state received in Congress to be based on population rather than each state receiving one vote” (Kelly Munson). The Virginal Plan also favored a bicameral legislature, which was intended to favor the bigger states because representation in both houses would be based on population. To counter this plan, William Patterson proposed the “New Jersey Plan”. Patterson’s proposal favored “the idea of a unicameral legislature in which all states would have an equal number of votes” (U.S. History). In order to resolve the dispute between the bigger states, majority rule, and the smaller states, minority rights, a compromise was

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After deciding to write a new constitution, the delegates could not decide what new form the government should take. One of the options was the Virginia Plan created by Edmund Randolph and James Madison. The plan included a strong government with three branches (the legislative branch, The judicial branch, and the executive branch). In the Virginia Plan, the legislator would consist of two houses and seats would be awarded on the basis of the population. Due to the fact that the seats are awarded based on population, larger states would have more representatives than smaller states.

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The Articles of the Confederation was the first form of government created by the Continental Congress, which developed an alliance between the thirteen states. Congress was a single-chamber legislature which allowed for each state to possess the same amount of authority no matter the size of the community. The Constitution

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