Although almost everyone agreed that the Articles of Confederation needed to be delegates disagreed on several crucial and highly charged issues. The key arguments focused on how the
states should be equally
in a national
The Virginia and New Jersey Plans
The Virginia Plan argued for proportional or
-based, representation in the
legislature. In this scheme, states with
populations would have more representatives, and
the legislature would be
or have
The New Jersey Plan was offered as a
counterproposal. Similar to the Articles of
Confederation, the plan called for a
or single chamber, legislature in which all states
would have equal vote, which benefited
states with
populations.
two houses
To the dismay of some delegates, both the Virginia and the New Jersey Plans would grant new,
powers to the national government, such as regulating
and collecting taxes.
The Great Compromise
Delegates
the representation issue with a compromise.