New Jersey Plan

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The New Jersey Plan was a proposal at the U.S. Constitutional Convention that advocated for a unicameral legislature with equal representation for each state, preserving the structure and powers of the existing Confederation Congress.

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Generate an image of the New Jersey Plan (The New Jersey Plan was a proposal at the U.S. Constitutional Convention that advocated for a unicameral legislature with equal representation for each state, preserving the structure and powers of the existing Confederation Congress.)

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New Jersey Plan canonical 13

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional proposal ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
plan ⓘ
advocatedLegislatureType unicameral legislature ⓘ
aimedTo revise Articles of Confederation ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Paterson Plan ⓘ
Small State Plan ⓘ
commercePower granted to national government ⓘ
countryOfPresentation United States ⓘ
didNotPropose proportional representation in legislature ⓘ
documentType written proposal ⓘ
executiveChosenBy Congress ⓘ
hasTopic federalism ⓘ
representation in Congress ⓘ
separation of powers ⓘ
historicalSignificance articulated small-state interests at Constitutional Convention ⓘ
includedProvision federal coercion of states for compliance ⓘ
influencedCompromise Connecticut Compromise ⓘ
linked to: Great Compromise
intendedTo protect political power of small states ⓘ
judiciaryChosenBy executive ⓘ
judiciaryStructure supreme tribunal ⓘ
jurisdiction United States ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legacy contributed to equal representation in U.S. Senate ⓘ
legalSupremacyClause national laws supreme over state laws ⓘ
legislativeRepresentationUnit state ⓘ
locationOfPresentation Philadelphia ⓘ
mainOpposingProposal Virginia Plan ⓘ
opposedBy large states ⓘ
partOf debates of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 ⓘ
presentedAt Constitutional Convention ⓘ
presentedIn 1787 ⓘ
presentedOn June 15, 1787 ⓘ
proposedBranchStructure plural executive ⓘ
proposedBy William Paterson ⓘ
proposedGovernmentLevel federal government ⓘ
representationPrinciple equal representation of states ⓘ
retainedFeatureOf Articles of Confederation ⓘ
soughtToPreserve powers of Confederation Congress ⓘ
structure of Confederation Congress ⓘ
sovereigntyPrinciple state sovereignty preserved ⓘ
status rejected as full framework ⓘ
subjectOf American constitutional history ⓘ
supportedBy small states ⓘ
taxationPower granted to national government ⓘ
timePeriod 18th century ⓘ
votingRule one vote per state in legislature ⓘ

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Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Constitutional Convention → proposedPlan → New Jersey Plan ⓘ
Luther Martin → supported → New Jersey Plan ⓘ
William Paterson → proposed → New Jersey Plan ⓘ
William Paterson → notableWork → New Jersey Plan ⓘ
Great Compromise → influencedBy → New Jersey Plan ⓘ
Virginia Plan → contrastedWith → New Jersey Plan ⓘ
Philadelphia Convention → introducedPlan → New Jersey Plan ⓘ
Pinckney Plan → relatedDocument → New Jersey Plan ⓘ
William Paterson → notableWork → New Jersey Plan ⓘ
subject linked to: William Bell Paterson
Sherman Compromise → compromiseBetween → New Jersey Plan ⓘ
Paterson Plan → hasFormalName → New Jersey Plan ⓘ
Randolph Plan → contrastedWith → New Jersey Plan ⓘ
Hamilton Plan → contrastedWith → New Jersey Plan ⓘ