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Compare And Contrast The Virginia Plan Vs New Jersey Plan

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When making a national government, two plans were proposed, the New Jersey plan and the Virginia plan. The new Jersey plan proposed to have three branches (legislative, judicial, and executive), but the legislative branch would be elected by each state, regarding size. The judicial branch would be appointed by the executive branch, who would be appointed by the legislature. These factors are made considering New Jerseys size. At this time period, many states thought that that size and population meant a lot towards the national government. The Virginia Plan, favored the size and population of bigger states. The differences from the New Jersey Plan were that the legislative branch would be split into to parts, a Upper and Lower house. The Upper
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