Constitutional Convention 1787
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- Constitutional Convention of 1787
- The New Jersey Plan
- The Virginia Plan
- Soon after the meeting had begun, The delegates started to argue over representation.As a result, two plans were proposed.
- Continuation of the Convention
- -1 House Legislature-meant to revise the articles-one vote per state -Congress has to the power to tax and regulate trade -Elect a weak executive branch consisting of more than one personwritten by William Patersonthis plan was designed to benefit the small states, so the big states weren't a fan of this plan.
- A Compromise is reached
- 2 House Legislature # of representatives based on population A Chief Executive A Court Systemthree branches of legislature proposedwritten by James Madisonthis was designed to benefit big states, so the small states did not agree.
- Slaves
- They decided to get rid of the Articles and write a new constitution, which they were going to base mainly on the Virginia plan.They also agreed to start fresh and create 3 branches of legislature, but could not decide on a number of representatives.
- The United States Congress was going to be made up of 2 houses, the Senate and the House of Representatives.The Senate was going to have 2 representatives per state, and The House of Representatives would be based on the state's population.
- The last thing they argued about was slavery, so they decided to compromise for that as well. The North wanted slaves to be counted for taxation over representation, but The South wanted the opposite. As a result, they came up with the 3/5's compromise.
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