The New Jersey Plan in Congress
The New Jersey Plan
Details of the Plan
The plan called for each state to get only one vote, instead of the number of votes based off of the population. This proposed system was intended to protect the interests of smaller states who feared being overshadowed by the larger ones.Outcome
This plan, however, was not used in the final version of the Constitution. It was ultimately rejected because it didn't seem fair to give equal power to states with vastly different populations. Some states had more population than others, so giving them all the same vote didn't make sense in terms of representation.Conclusion
In the end, a compromise was reached with the creation of a bicameral legislature where one house (the Senate) gave each state equal representation regardless of population, while the other house (the House of Representatives) based representation on population. This compromise became known as the Great Compromise and helped to establish the foundation of the United States government as we know it today.Why was the New Jersey plan ultimately rejected?
The New Jersey plan was rejected because it proposed giving each state equal representation regardless of population, which was seen as unfair to states with larger populations.