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- The Virginia Plan
- The New Jersey Plan
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- The Connecticut Plan
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- Virginia - 11 Seats
- Proposed by James Madison, suggested a centralized government with three branches, a legislative, executive, and judicial branch.
- The Great Compromise
- Proposed by William Paterson, suggested a unicameral (represented by the individual house) legislature that had equal votes for all states and the election of an executive by a national legislature.
- The Three-Fifths Compromise
- Also known as the Great Compromise, proposed by Roger Sherman, suggested a bicameral legislature that provided a Senate giving each state two votes, and a House of Representatives giving each state seats based on population.
- The Electoral College
- Also known as the Connecticut Plan, proposed by Roger Sherman, suggested a bicameral legislature that provided a Senate giving each state two votes, and a House of Representatives giving each state seats based on population.
- 2 Votes
- Virginia - 11 Seats
- An agreement between the Northern and Southern state delegates stating that three-fifths of the enslaved population would be counted for determining taxation and representation in the House of Representatives.
- Three-Fifths
- A system of voting where votes go towards electors. Each state has a proportionate number of electors that correspond to the number of Senators and Representatives in Congress. In total, the United States has 538 electors forming the Electoral College, each with one vote.
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- The Electoral College
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