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The less populous states were opposed to giving most of the control of the national government to the more populous states, and so proposed an alternative plan that would have kept the one-vote-per-state representation under one legislative body.

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Presented by William Paterson, the New Jersey plan was unicameral and was favored by the smaller states. Something good that came out of it was the fact that the congress still had the power to regulate trade and levy the taxes. But, it was not a plan favored overall because people would not be represented well with only one vote.

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The New Jersey Plan:

The New Jersey Plan was more favored by the smaller states, mainly because they felt as if they had equal representation. The New Jersey Plan is also called the Small State Plan or the Paterson Plan, it's named the Paterson Plan after William Paterson who presented this idea at the constitutional convention on June 15th, 1787. The larger states felt that their people wouldn't be well represented with only 1 vote per state, that their thoughts and opinions were being suppressed to one single opinion, losing their self of singularity. This is a picture of William Paterson purposing the New Jersey Plan at the Constitutional Convention.

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Was created by the delegates of New jersey, Connecticut, New York and Delaware, drafted by William Patterson and proposed at the Constitutional Convention on June 15th 1787. It was rejected due to the creation of the Connecticut Compromise that used parts of both the Virginia and New Jersey plan.

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The New Jersey Plan...
-unicameral
-gave state sovereignty
-each state had one vote
-also known as small state plan or Paterson plan named after William Patterson
-Congress could control levy on taxes and regulate trade
-Was created because of the Virginia plan

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~The new Jersey plan was also known as the small state plan or the paterson plan.
~Was created in response to the Virginia Plan.
~The New Jersey Plan was meant to protect the interests of the smaller states from being trampled by the larger states.

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The New Jersey Plan gave the states sovereignty. Not complete sovereignty because the congress could control trade and levy taxes.

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The New Jersey plan is a unicameral system, designed by William Paterson, that gives each state one vote that is not based on population. This was so that every state was equal, the smaller states favored this because they didn't want too much government control . The states had sovereignty but Congress still had the power to levy taxes and regulate trade.

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-The New Jersey Plan had a one house, unicameral, system that gives each state one vote. This system was inherited by the Articles of Confederations. William Paterson , the man that suggested this plan, wanted to keep the freedom he gained when he joined the United states.

-Congress, in this plan, was aloud to regulate taxes based on the population of the states, 1 per free individual and 3/5 of slaves in the state.

-Congress could also elect a group of people that was considered the executive branch. These people could not be re-elected and could be recalled by congress when requested by the majority.