New Jersey Plan
What is the New Jersey Plan?
- This position reflected the belief that the states were independent individuals
and, as they entered the United States of America freely and individually,
remained so.
-Congress has the authority to collect taxes from states on number of free inhabitants and 3/5ths of slaves in the state.
- a policy of one state can be prosecuted under the law of another state in which the crime was committed.
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The New Jersey Plan
Branches Three - legislative, executive, and judicial. The legislature appoints people to serve in the executive branch, and the executive branch selects the justices of the Supreme Court.
Legislature One house (unicameral). States would be represented equally, so all states had the same power..
OtherPowers.The national government could levy taxes and import duties, regulate trade, and state laws would be subordinate to laws passed by the national legislature.
The New Jersey Plan
Branches Three - legislative, executive, and judicial. The legislature appoints people to serve in the executive branch, and the executive branch selects the justices of the Supreme Court.
Legislature One house (unicameral). States would be represented equally, so all states had the same power..
OtherPowers.The national government could levy taxes and import duties, regulate trade, and state laws would be subordinate to laws passed by the national legislature.