The Virginia Plan would establish a national government that represented the people of the United States directly: the people themselves would elect their representatives, and the laws of Congress would apply to them directly rather than to the state governments.
Q. What was the problem with the Virginia Plan?
The Virginia Plan was unacceptable to all the small states, who countered with another proposal, dubbed the New Jersey Plan, that would continue more along the lines of how Congress already operated under the Articles. This plan called for a unicameral legislature with the one vote per state formula still in place.
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- Q. What was the problem with the Virginia Plan?
- Q. What was the solution to the problem of the Virginia and New Jersey plans?
- Q. Why was the Virginia Plan Criticized?
- Q. What is the purpose of the 1787 Virginia Plan?
- Q. What did the Virginia Plan call quizlet?
- Q. Which two groups came together in the great compromise?
- Q. What was the name and age of the youngest delegate?
- Q. Who was the youngest person to sign the Constitution?
Q. What was the solution to the problem of the Virginia and New Jersey plans?
The Virginia Plan was used, but some ideas from the New Jersey Plan were added. The Connecticut Compromise established a bicameral legislature with the U.S. House of Representatives apportioned by population as desired by the Virginia Plan and the Senate granted equal votes per state as desired by the New Jersey Plan.
Q. Why was the Virginia Plan Criticized?
The smaller states opposed the Virginia Plan because the resolution for proportional representation would mean that smaller states would have less say in government than the larger states. If the Virginia Plan was agreed each state would have a different number of representatives based on the state’s population.
Q. What is the purpose of the 1787 Virginia Plan?
The Virginia Plan was a proposal to establish a bicameral (two-branch) legislature in the newly founded United States. Drafted by James Madison in 1787, the plan recommended that states be represented based upon their population numbers, and it also called for the creation of three branches of government.
Q. What did the Virginia Plan call quizlet?
the Virginia Plan called for a strong national government with three branches, or parts. A legislative branch would make laws. An executive branch would carry out, or execute, the laws. A judicial branch, or system of courts, would apply and interpret the laws.
Q. Which two groups came together in the great compromise?
Roger Sherman and Oliver Ellsworth, both of the Connecticut delegation, created a compromise that, in a sense, blended the Virginia (large-state) and New Jersey (small-state) proposals regarding congressional apportionment.
Q. What was the name and age of the youngest delegate?
The average age of the delegates was 43. The oldest delegate was Franklin, 81; the youngest, Jonathan Dayton of New Jersey, 26. James Madison was 36 and Alexander Hamilton just 32.
Q. Who was the youngest person to sign the Constitution?
Jonathan Dayton
