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From the constitutional convention to issues with North Korea, the American Federal Government has always faced issues. In this paper I will be discussing the Specific issues surrounding the Constitutional Convention and five major issues we are facing today. One of the biggest issues faced during the Constitutional Convention was the current form of government, the Articles of Confederation, and representation in congress. To help solve the Articles of Confederation issue, James Madison proposed the Virginia Plan. Also known as the Large State Plan, the Virginia Plan divided up the powers of the federal government into three branches; a legislative branch that would make the law, an executive branch that would enforce the laws made and a judicial branch that would interpret the laws. This plan also included a chief executive to lead serving terms selected by the legislature, and made voting based on population. On the other side of things, William Patterson authored the New Jersey Plan, also known as the Small State Plan, where there would be a single house legislature having …show more content…

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There were two major plans for government submitted by the states: the Virginia plan- A.K.A the Large States plan, and the New Jersey Plan- A.K.A the Small States Plan. The Virginia Plan was made to specifically benefit the large, slave-holding, southern states. It called for a bicameral legislature which would take a state’s population into account when selecting the number of senators and representatives for a state. This would have given massive power to the southern states which had large populations due to slaves as opposed to the free, northern states. In reply to this was the New Jersey Plan, which was unicameral and gave equal representation to each state regardless of population.

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During the Constitutional Convention, in the summer of 1787, several divisions arose among the delegates. There were differences between the northern vs. southern states, merchants vs. farmers, free vs. slave states, large vs. small states, and east vs. west. However, the main division of the Constitutional Convention was the Virginia Plan vs. the New Jersey Plan, essentially the large states vs. small states. The primary objective of the meeting was to somehow find a balance of power without leaving any one group or person with absolute control.

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The Virginia plan presented in 1787 by Edmund Randolph was one option on how the United States should be governed. Their key points were for Congress to have 2 houses and for representation to be based on population. Another option was the New Jersey plan which was presented by William Paterson in the same year. This was to oppose the Virginia plan because not everyone agreed with what was written.

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If I understand the language, this plan proposed three branches, legislative, executive, and judicial, and called for unity among the states to ensure the safety and protection of all people represented in The Articles of Confederation. Governor Randolph proposal included a National Legislature (congress) with two branches and the number of representatives per state would be determined by the population of that state, and a National Executive and two judicial branches. Where the members of the first legislature branch would be elected by the people of each state to represent their constitutes and their interests. However, the second branch as well as the National Executive and judicial branches – a supreme tribunal and inferior tribunal, would be elected and appointed by the first branch. The National Legislation branches would be able to introduce and pass laws; and oversee and enforce the laws of the United States.

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