Topic > Difference between the Virginia plan and the New Jersey plan

In this system the legislature would elect more than one person to serve in the executive branch and the executive branch would elect the Supreme Court justices. The main difference between the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan was that the New Jersey Plan proposed a unicameral legislature, which consisted of one parliamentary chamber (Boundless). This meant that each state would have one vote, like the Articles, and would have the same number of representatives so that all states were equal. The plan also provided that congress would have the power to regulate commerce and impose taxes, like the Virginia plan. Congress would also have the control to pass whatever laws it wants and states would have to comply (Carey). In the end both plans had their own ideas and differences, but there couldn't be two plans, so they had to think of a compromise and, fortunately, someone