HIST 2055 : The History Essays For Exam 2
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They were correct in holding the opionon of george washington and benjamin franklin"s importance during the constitutional convention. The leading ideas within the convention were the virgina and new jersey plans. Virgina plan that propsed a cnegtral government with three branches legistlatitive, executive, and judicial. The power to veto was given to the legislative branch, congress and world pocess the power to veto all state legislation. Madison belived in a bicameral legislature to replace the conferations single assembly. The lower house would be elected by the people and the upper house would be electd by the lower house would be chosen by the lower from nominations made from state legislatures. The representatives in both houses would be apportioned based on population. The new jersey plan was presented two weeks later by william patterson. Jersey plan had a unicameral legistalture with each state having one vote. These ideas created controversies between large and small states as well as north and.
