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Convention plans (New Jersey Plan (Each state gets one vote in congress,…

- - - - The Virginia Plan proposed a structure of government to the Constitutional Convention that was held between May 25, 1787 and September 17, 1787 at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia.
        
        The Virginia Plan was sponsored and proposed to the Constitutional Convention by Edmund J. Randolph on May 28, 1787. Edmund Jennings Randolph 1753 – 1813
        
        The Virginia Plan was the first document to suggest a separation of powers into executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
        
        The Virginia Plan played an important role in setting the overall agenda for the convention
        The Virginia Plan called for a strong national government
        
        The purpose of the plan was to protect the large states' interests in the new government, which would be stronger federally than under the Articles of Confederation.
- - - - Proposed by James Wilson and Roger Sherman
        
        The Three Fifths Compromise was also used to determine what percentage of the nation's direct tax burden the state would have to bear
        
        The Three Fifths Compromise was made obsolete by the 13th Amendment which abolished slavery
        
        one slave will count for 3/5 of a free man when counting population for seats by state in the house.
      - James Wilson- Pennsylvania
        Roger Sherman- Connecticut