PO225 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: James Bowdoin, Daniel Shays, Benjamin Lincoln
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New jersey plan: strong central authority making them federalist, edmond randolph was creator, legislative branches should be based on voting and population size, virginia was the biggest state at the time so they said that everyone would benefit if the capital was in virginia, william patterson then purposed the counter plan ,which was called the new jersey plan. Tipping points to winning the election also known as swing states. is a state in which no single candidate or party has overwhelming support in securing that state"s electoral college votes. A winner-take-all system where the candidate who wins the most popular votes in a state wins all of that state"s electoral votes. Establishing the boundaries between the united states and british north. Granting fishing rights to united states fishermen in the grand banks, off the coast of newfoundland and in the gulf of saint lawrence; Recognizing the lawful contracted debts to be paid to creditors on either.
