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Virginia Plan vs. New Jersey Plan
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Virginia Plan vs. New Jersey Plan.Virginia Plan - answer A set of proposals for a
new government, it included separation of the
government into three branches.The Virginia plan
advocated a new form of government. More
authority over the states and new authority over
the people.
What are the 3 branches of government in the
Virginia Plan? - answer • Legislative Branch (for
making laws)
• Executive Branch (for enforcing laws)
• Judicial Branch (for interpreting laws)
What does the Legislature consist of in the Virginia
Plan? - answer The legislature consist of two
houses. The first would be chosen by the people,
the second by the members of the first house from
among candidates nominated by the state
legislatures.
What does the Virginia plan include regarding the
states representation in the legislature? - answer
That each state's representation in the legislature
be in proportion to the taxes it paid to the national
government or in proportion to its free population.
, Fact about Virginia plan: - answer An executive,
consisting of an unspecified number of people, be
selected by the legislature and serve for a single
term.
That the executive and a number of national
judges serve as a council of revision, to approve or
veto (disapprove) legislative acts. Their veto could
be over-ridden by a vote of both houses of the
legislature.
National Judiciary in the Virginia Plan: - answer
That the national judiciary include one or more
supreme courts and other, lower courts, with
judges appointed for life by the legislature.
Fact about Virginia Plan: - answer That the scope
of powers of all three branches be far greater than
that assigned the national government by the
Articles of Confederation and that the legislature
be empowered to override state laws.
New Jersy Plan - answer A set of nine resolutions,
that would have in effect preserved the articles of
confederation by amending rather than replacing
them.
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