3rd Period GroupsDelaware: Sandro, Madalyn, AnthonyConnecticut: Dillon, Edward, CrystalVirginia: Reece, Grace, AlexieNew York: Megan, Brett, DeondreNew Hampshire: Sydney, Jesse, EmmaGeorgia: Jayson, Sadie, EvelynNorth Carolina: Nick, Dylan W., ValerieSouth Carolina: Lukas, Ava, AndresMaryland: Ryan, Ben, JakeMassachusetts: Jakari, Evelyn, EvanNew Jersey: Holly, MichellePennsylvania: Tim, ConnorRhode Island:

State Total Population

Enslaved Population

Percentage of Population Enslaved

Connecticut 237,946 2,764 1%

Delaware 59,096 8,887 15%

Georgia 82,548 29,264 35%

Maryland 319,728 103,036 32%

Massachusetts 378,787 0 0%

New Hampshire

141,885 158 0.1%

New Jersey 184,139 11,423 6%

New York 340,120 21,324 6%

North Carolina 393,751 100,572 26%

Pennsylvania 434,373 3,737 9%

Rhode Island 68,825 948 1%

South Carolina 249,073 107,094 43%

Virginia 691,737 292,627 42%

VIRGINIA PLANStronger National Government with powers divided between 3 branches

• Executive: enforce laws• Judicial: interpret laws• Legislative (Congress): make laws—Will be most Powerful of the three

branches

The Legislative Branch will gain the following powers:• To regulate trade between two or more states• To get rid of state laws that it considered to be in violation of the national

constitution • To call forth the armed forces of the nation against a state, if necessary, to

enforce the laws passed by Congress• To make and enforce national laws• To tax the people• To elect people to serve in the executive and judicial branches of

government

REPRESENTATION IN LEGISLATURE

The members of House of Representatives will be elected

directly by the people of each state.

A Senate will be elected by the members of the House of

Representative from lists of persons nominated by the legislature

of each state.

The number of representative from each state in both the House

and the Senate will be based on the size of its population

NEW JERSEY PLAN

Executive branch -several persons appointed by Congress.

They would have the power to enforce national laws, appoint

other executive officials, and direct all military operations.

Judicial branch -A supreme court would be appointed by the

executive branch. It would have the power to decide cases

involving treaties, trade among the states or with other nations,

and the collection of taxes.

NEW JERSEY PLAN: LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

Legislative branch Congress would have only one house,

as in the Confederation, and it would be given the following

increased powers:• Taxes. The national government would be given the power to

raise import duties and a stamp tax to raise money for its operations

• The power to collect money from the states if they refused to pay.

• Trade. Congress would be given the power to regulate trade among the states and with other nations.

• Control over the states. Laws made by Congress would be considered the supreme law of the land, and no state could make a law violating national laws

CONNECTICUT OR GREAT COMPROMISE

What will the Legislative Branch look

like?• Two houses: Senate and House of

Representatives• Senate: 2 senators per state: chosen

by state legislatures• House of Representatives: Decided by

population and chosen by the people• For a law to be passed it has to be

approved by both houses

State Total Population

Enslaved Population

Percentage of Population Enslaved

Connecticut 237,946 2,764 1%

Delaware 59,096 8,887 15%

Georgia 82,548 29,264 35%

Maryland 319,728 103,036 32%

Massachusetts 378,787 0 0%

New Hampshire

141,885 158 0.1%

New Jersey 184,139 11,423 6%

New York 340,120 21,324 6%

North Carolina 393,751 100,572 26%

Pennsylvania 434,373 3,737 9%

Rhode Island 68,825 948 1%

South Carolina 249,073 107,094 43%

Virginia 691,737 292,627 42%

3/5 COMPROMISE

all “free persons” should be counted, and so, too,

should “three-fifths of all other persons.”

(Article I, Section 2, Clause 3…all other persons

referred to enslaved Africans)

SLAVE TRADE COMPROMISE

Congress was forbidden to make any

laws regulating (keeping or ending) the

slave trade for at least 20 years

After that 20 years is up…Congress can

end the slave trade if there is enough

votes!