HISTORY 5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Virginia Plan, Bicameralism, Connecticut Compromise
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Plan rejected the idea of state sovereignty in replace for the idea of supremacy of national authority. Called for the national government to be established by the people themselves, not the states and the national laws to operate and apply directly to the people. Would establish a three-tier election system in which ordinary voters would elect the lower house of the legislature, which would then select the upper house, and both houses would select the executive and the judiciary (bicameral government) Similarities between virginia plan and government today: Differences between virginia plan and government today: lower house does not elect the upper house, the people do. President nominates supreme court judges, the senate selects (approves. Madison"s plan allowed the national government to veto state laws and allocated the representation of the states by giving the larger states more representatives in the legislature, making this plan impossible. William patterson of new jersey conducts the new jersey plan.
