The Virginia Plan was a proposal put in place for an active Congress that would consist of two chambers that were based on numerical representation; therefore, surrendering power to the larger states (Patterson, 2013, p. 31). However, the New Jersey Plan proposal needed a stronger national government. Congress would only permit one single vote in each state whether it was a small or a large state (Patterson, 2013, p. 31). Nonetheless, due to the debate over the two plans, the delegates came up with another plan known as the Great Compromise, which also consisted of a two-chamber congress. Two senators were assigned one chamber, allowing the house to represent on the basis of population and the Senate (Patterson, 2013, p. 31). Moreover, after the Great Compromise the northern and the southern states enforced a second major compromise over the issues of slavery and trade that lingered for months (Patterson, 2013, p.
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Each slave was to count as less than a full person, and the Southern delegates wanted to count them as a whole person for the purpose of apportioning. Not to mention, that for the representatives in the South counting them as a full person meant that the house seats would have an increase in southern officials that would have given them the majority of posts (Patterson, 2013, p. 32). Nevertheless, the Three-Fifths Compromise was worked out between the northern and southern states that indicated each slave was counted as three- fifths of a person for the purpose of federal taxation and congressional apportionment (Patterson, 2013, p. 32). Finally, the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan were established to assist in forming new branches of government. While the Great Compromise was critical, and displayed an act of Virginia and New Jersey coming together that would help lead our
Each slave was to count as less than a full person, and the Southern delegates wanted to count them as a whole person for the purpose of apportioning. Not to mention, that for the representatives in the South counting them as a full person meant that the house seats would have an increase in southern officials that would have given them the majority of posts (Patterson, 2013, p. 32). Nevertheless, the Three-Fifths Compromise was worked out between the northern and southern states that indicated each slave was counted as three- fifths of a person for the purpose of federal taxation and congressional apportionment (Patterson, 2013, p. 32). Finally, the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan were established to assist in forming new branches of government. While the Great Compromise was critical, and displayed an act of Virginia and New Jersey coming together that would help lead our