Virginia/New Jersey Plan

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Virginia Plan
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Virginia delegate James Madison's plan of government, in which states got a number of representatives in Congress based on their population
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Legislative Branch
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the branch of government that makes the laws.
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Executive Branch
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the branch of government that carries out laws
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Judicial Branch
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the branch of the United States government responsible for the administration of justice
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New Jersey Plan
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Opposite of the Virginia Plan, it proposed a single-chamber congress in which each state had one vote. This created a conflict with representation between bigger states, who wanted control befitting their population, and smaller states, who didn't want to be bullied by larger states.
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Proportional Representation
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An election system in which each party running receives the proportion of legislative seats corresponding to its proportion of the vote.
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Equal Representation
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The idea that each state should have the same number of representatives in Congress. The number of representatives in the Senate is based on this
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Great Compromise
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Compromise made by Constitutional Convention in which states would have equal representation in one house of the legislature and representation based on population in the other house