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- proper noun a 1787 proposal for the structure of the
United States Government
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In Philadelphia in 1787, the smaller states favored the New Jersey Plan -- one chamber with equal representation per state -- while James Madison argued for two chambers, both apportioned by population, which would benefit his Virginia.
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William Paterson proposed the New Jersey Plan, which said that states should get equal representation in government regardless of population size.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens Sean Covey 1998
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William Paterson proposed the New Jersey Plan, which said that states should get equal representation in government regardless of population size.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens Sean Covey 1998
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William Paterson proposed the New Jersey Plan, which said that states should get equal representation in government regardless of population size.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens Sean Covey 1998
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William Paterson proposed the New Jersey Plan, which said that states should get equal representation in government regardless of population size.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens Sean Covey 1998
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New Jersey Plan, had first been considered in committee of the whole, and the question of "proportional representation," as it was then called, would accordingly come up again in formal session.
The Fathers of the Constitution; a chronicle of the establishment of the Union Max Farrand 1907
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Virginia Plan and in the New Jersey Plan; and when it was embodied in the compromise it was described as "the ratio recommended by Congress in their resolutions of April 18, 1783."
The Fathers of the Constitution; a chronicle of the establishment of the Union Max Farrand 1907
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New Jersey Plan, which had been put forward by the smaller States, and of a third plan which had been presented by Charles Pinckney; for the rest they drew largely upon the State Constitutions.
The Fathers of the Constitution; a chronicle of the establishment of the Union Max Farrand 1907
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The New Jersey Plan was an early idea of legislative representation, presented during the
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Let’s go back to the New Jersey Plan, which had a unitary congress where each state had a unitary vote?
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