The Great Compromise consisted of votes in both houses “in proportion to the whole number of white and other free citizens and inhabitants of every age sex and condition, including those bound in servitude… and three fifths of all other persons… except Indians not paying taxes in each state” It still followed the bases of The Virginia Plan, but small states did not feel like it was fair. A New Jersey attorney general by the name of William Paterson proposed The New Jersey Plan as a substitute of The Virginia Plan. The plan proposed an equal amount of votes for all states just as said stated in the Articles of Confederation. They had already partook in plenty of nasty extensive debates over what they accepted or rejected about The Virginia Plan.
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Richard Henry Lee came up with a proposal of the Bill of Rights, but Congress did not authorize any changes. Enraged by their rejection, Lee decided to rally Antifederalists by sending them copies of his proposed constitutional amendments and bill of rights to governors of many states and Antifederalist leaders. In his letter to Washington, Lee assured him that he agreed with “the propriety of change in the present plan of confederation,” was concerned that the new Constitution gave the central government too much power so a bill of rights was needed to secure liberties. Washington rejected his argument adding that a bill of rights could be amended after the ratification, but Lee was still infuriated. Less than a month later, Henry responded in rejection to Washington’s copy of the Constitution. He displayed his opposition of having a state ratification convention later that week in the legislature because he knew it would block or delay the ratification. Henry managed to delay the convention until October 31, but with some setbacks revolving voting, he further delayed the convention until June
Richard Henry Lee came up with a proposal of the Bill of Rights, but Congress did not authorize any changes. Enraged by their rejection, Lee decided to rally Antifederalists by sending them copies of his proposed constitutional amendments and bill of rights to governors of many states and Antifederalist leaders. In his letter to Washington, Lee assured him that he agreed with “the propriety of change in the present plan of confederation,” was concerned that the new Constitution gave the central government too much power so a bill of rights was needed to secure liberties. Washington rejected his argument adding that a bill of rights could be amended after the ratification, but Lee was still infuriated. Less than a month later, Henry responded in rejection to Washington’s copy of the Constitution. He displayed his opposition of having a state ratification convention later that week in the legislature because he knew it would block or delay the ratification. Henry managed to delay the convention until October 31, but with some setbacks revolving voting, he further delayed the convention until June