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The New Jersey Plan,,...

Posted by tosahon on Friday, November 6, 2009, In : The Compromise 

The New Jersey Plan,,...

 
  • The New Jersey Plan was written by William Patterson and favored by smaller states.
  • The legislature,the body that would make and pass laws for the United States,would be unicameral[[having one house]].
  • Each state would have the same number of delegates in Congress,so that small and large states would haveequal representation.
  • This plan differed from the Articles in that it allowed the government to regulate interstate and international trade.

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William Few

Posted by tosahon on Wednesday, November 4, 2009, In : The Compromise 

William Few was a Georgia delegate who signed the Constitution at the Continental Convention. William missed a lot of portions of the convention and he played an important role in passing the Constitution through congress. Few helped write the Georgia Constitution of 1777. He was later elected to the U.S Congress to represent Georgia.


                                                                         

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Abraham Baldwin

Posted by tosahon on Wednesday, November 4, 2009, In : The Compromise 

 

Abraham Baldwin was born in North Gulliford, Connecticut on Novmber 22,1754. Abraham was the President of the senate during the Seventh Congress,& Baldwin was a fervent missionary of public education as well. He also served in the Continental Army during the climatic years of the Revolution.Abraham Baldwin represented Georgia at the Constitutional Convention. It was here that Baldwin helped to resolve the large state-small state representation crisis.

 


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The Constitutional Convention

Posted by tosahon on Wednesday, November 4, 2009, In : The Compromise 

When the colonies won independence. They decided that they needed a government. The federal or centralized government needed to be given more power. In 1787 the leaders of each state met at the Constitutional Convention.They placed the Articles of Confederation with th eU.S. Constitution. The Great Compromise solved all of these problems. Each state wanted representation in the government. They created a bicameral congress.


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