Constitutional Convention and Philosophy
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IPLE midterm SG Terms to Know Virginia Plan-Drafted by James Madison, proposed a strong federal government to make and enforce its own laws and collect its own taxes -proposed all three branches of government, the legislative the strongest and selects the other two -proportional representation in a bicameral legislature; House was elected, chose the Sena te New Jersey Plan-Drafted by William Paterson, a unicameral legislature that could tax, trade, and had control over states, equal representation -executive branch was a group chosen by Congress, the judicial was chosen by the executive Great/Connecticut Compromise-suggested by Sherman and Ellsworth, bicameral legislature