Articles Of Confederation The Virginia Plan, And The Connecticut Compromise

There are 3 main plans to replace the articles of confederation the Virginia Plan, New Jersey Plan, and the Connecticut Compromise. The first plan is the Virginia Plan this plan was introduced by Edmund Randolph and helped the bigger states. It had 3 branches the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial but it centred around the Legislative branch. It had a lower and upper house. The lower house was picked by popular vote and the upper house was picked by a list of people who were nominated by the states. The lower house were picked by the people. The 2nd plan was the New Jersey Plan it was introduced by William Patterson and this plan helped the smaller states. This plan also had 3 branches the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches but