Project on Compromises by Shahad Ibrahim https://padlet.com/shibr20/bhkivv45ilsx The Great Compromise en-us 2018-12-04 21:51:57 UTC 2024-09-12 04:19:02 UTC hello@padlet.com Virginia Plan shibr20 https://padlet.com/shibr20/bhkivv45ilsx/wish/311157888
  • Written mainly by James Madison.
  • Clearly designed to replace the Articles of Confederation, instead of revising them. 
  • Called for a gov. of 3 branches:
  • Legislative: make laws 
  • Executive: carry out the laws
  • Judicial: interpret the laws
  • Bicameral: made up of 2 houses, as in a bicameral legislature.
    It proposed that the representation in both houses should be based on the population of each state.
  • States with larger population will have and get more representatives, causing more influence, than states w/ small popu. 
  • Thoughts of the people: 
  • It gave too much power to the national government.
  • They opposed a bicameral legislature.
  • Smaller states didn't like the idea that their representation in congress being tied to population.
  • Failed

    • ]]>     2018-12-04 21:53:33 UTC https://padlet.com/shibr20/bhkivv45ilsx/wish/311157888     New Jersey Plan shibr20 https://padlet.com/shibr20/bhkivv45ilsx/wish/311214182
  • It was an alternative approach
  • It was introduced by William Patterson of New Jersey
  • Proposed a series of amendments to the Articles of Confederation
  • They would have created a more powerful national government with a unicameral legislature in which all states have equal representation 
  • Small states welcomed the New Jersey Plan 
  • There have been a lot of debates on whether to agree to the New Jersey Plan or the Virginia Plan
  • Each state had one vote
  • equal representation union of states not people 
  • Failed

    • ]]>     2018-12-05 03:22:03 UTC https://padlet.com/shibr20/bhkivv45ilsx/wish/311214182     Representation shibr20 https://padlet.com/shibr20/bhkivv45ilsx/wish/311214363
  • The Virginia Plan proposed that representation in both houses should be based on the population of each state.
  • The smaller states did not like their representation in Congress being tied to population.
  • The New Jersey Plan proposed a legislature in which all states had equal representation
  • In the Senate, states would have equal representation. 
  • In the House of Representatives, states would have representation based on their populations.
  • Sherman's plan
  •  known as the Great Compromise
    • resolved the thorny issue of representation in Congress and allowed the convention to move forward.

    ]]>     2018-12-05 03:23:11 UTC https://padlet.com/shibr20/bhkivv45ilsx/wish/311214363     Legislature shibr20 https://padlet.com/shibr20/bhkivv45ilsx/wish/311214526
  • Rodger Sherman of Connecticut
  • His idea was a mix of the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan
  • Upper house senate
  • States get a equal presentation
  • Appointed by the state legislatures
  • Lower house senate 
  • Elected by the people
    • James Madison
    ]]>     2018-12-05 03:24:04 UTC https://padlet.com/shibr20/bhkivv45ilsx/wish/311214526     Bicameral shibr20 https://padlet.com/shibr20/bhkivv45ilsx/wish/311214623
  • Is made up of two houses, as in a bicameral legislature
  • Under the Virginia Plan, the new government would have a bicameral government 
  • a government with two legislative houses or chambers

    • ]]>     2018-12-05 03:24:43 UTC https://padlet.com/shibr20/bhkivv45ilsx/wish/311214623     Unicameral shibr20 https://padlet.com/shibr20/bhkivv45ilsx/wish/311215160
  • made up of one house, as in a unicameral legislature
  • The New Jersey Plan created a somewhat more powerful national government with a unicameral
  • a government with only one legislative house or chamber

    • ]]>     2018-12-05 03:27:37 UTC https://padlet.com/shibr20/bhkivv45ilsx/wish/311215160     James Madison shibr20 https://padlet.com/shibr20/bhkivv45ilsx/wish/311215451
  • He played a really good role, no one played a greater role than him during the conventions. 
  • He was only 36 years old 
  • But he still had already served in Congress and in the Virginia legislature.
  • He was a serious student of politics and democratic theory
  • Took notes during the meetings and worked to promote the new plan
  • Was the most profound political thinker and the best prepared of all the delegates. 
  • Called the Father of the Constitution 

    • ]]>     2018-12-05 03:29:55 UTC https://padlet.com/shibr20/bhkivv45ilsx/wish/311215451     The Great Compromise shibr20 https://padlet.com/shibr20/bhkivv45ilsx/wish/311595216 2018-12-05 20:44:51 UTC https://padlet.com/shibr20/bhkivv45ilsx/wish/311595216