Paterson Plan

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The Paterson Plan, formally known as the New Jersey Plan, was a proposal at the 1787 Constitutional Convention that advocated for equal representation of states in a unicameral legislature, favoring smaller states.

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Paterson Plan canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf New Jersey Plan ⓘ
constitutional proposal ⓘ
historical document ⓘ
advocated equal representation of states ⓘ
unicameral legislature ⓘ
concernedWith representation of states ⓘ
structure of the United States Congress ⓘ
constitutionalIssue balance between large and small states ⓘ
countryContext United States of America ⓘ
debatedAt Philadelphia Convention ⓘ
documentLanguage English ⓘ
elementsIncorporatedInto United States Constitution ⓘ
favored small states ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Paterson Plan ⓘ
hasFormalName New Jersey Plan ⓘ
historicalPeriod Founding Era of the United States ⓘ
influenced Connecticut Compromise ⓘ
linked to: Great Compromise

structure of the United States Senate ⓘ
legalDomain constitutional law ⓘ
namedAfter William Paterson ⓘ
opposedTo Virginia Plan ⓘ
presentedAt Constitutional Convention ⓘ
presentedInCity Philadelphia ⓘ
presentedInYear 1787 ⓘ
primaryGoal preserve equal state sovereignty ⓘ
strengthen central government without proportional representation ⓘ
proposedBranch executive branch ⓘ
judicial branch ⓘ
legislative branch ⓘ
proposedBy William Paterson ⓘ
proposedExecutiveSelectionBy Congress ⓘ
proposedExecutiveStructure plural executive ⓘ
proposedExecutiveTerm limited term ⓘ
proposedFederalPowersOverStates power to regulate trade ⓘ
power to tax ⓘ
power to use force to compel state compliance ⓘ
proposedInCountry United States ⓘ
proposedJudiciaryAppointmentBy Senate ⓘ
executive ⓘ
proposedLegislatureType unicameral ⓘ
proposedOnDate 1787-06-15 ⓘ
relatedTo Articles of Confederation ⓘ
Connecticut Compromise ⓘ
linked to: Great Compromise

Virginia Plan ⓘ
representationBasis state equality ⓘ
soughtToAmend Articles of Confederation ⓘ
supportedBy delegates from small states ⓘ
ultimatelyOutcome rejected as full framework ⓘ

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New Jersey Plan → alsoKnownAs → Paterson Plan ⓘ
Paterson Plan → hasAlternativeName → Paterson Plan ⓘ