The Virginia Plan was ratified on may 29,1787. 1787 was a very busy but rewarding year for America.The Virginia plan was created by James Madison but was proposed by Edmund Randolph. This plan was purposed for the hope of forming a new government and changing the way the votes were counted in each state. They wanted the votes to be based on the population in each state, rather than one vote per state.
Virginia plan
The New Jersey was purposed by William Patterson. The New Jersey Plan was also known as the Small State Plan. It was put forth to try and reconstruct the Articles of Confederation. It wanted each state to have an equal amount of votes.
The New Jersey Plan
The Articles of Confederation was signed on March 1,1781. It was America's first "constitution" It stated how each state would be represented in voting circumstances. It also established the functions of the National Government. It established a weak central government which prevented the states from forming their own foreign diplomacy.