Key Points of the New Jersey Plan. One criticism of the Virginia Plan was that it called for the creation of a new government instead of just amending the Articles of Confederation. The New Jersey Plan would amend some of the ideas of the Articles of Confederation. read more
The New Jersey plan stated that 1. The legislative branch should be unicameral with representatives selected by state legislatures 2. All states should be represented equally in legislature 3. The executive branch would be made up o several persons and would have no veto power over legislature. 4. read more
Key Points of the New Jersey Plan One criticism of the Virginia Plan was that it called for the creation of a new government instead of just amending the Articles of Confederation. The New Jersey Plan would amend some of the ideas of the Articles of Confederation. read more
Under the New Jersey Plan, the unicameral legislature with one vote per state was inherited from the Articles of Confederation. This position reflected the belief that the states were independent entities and, as they entered the United States of America freely and individually, remained so. read more