Why didn’t William Paterson’s New Jersey Plan appeal to most delegates of the Philadelphia Convention?
A) It failed to provide a solution to the Convention’s most pressing issues.
B) It proposed a two-house national legislature, giving the federal government too much power.
C) It represented the wishes only of the large states, excluding small and weak states.
D) It was strongly supported by Madison and his colleagues, so most delegates rejected it on that basis alone.
E) It denied Congress power to tax or regulate trade, severely hampering its political and economic viability.
Answer: A
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A) generally good conditions for slaves B) prison-like conditions for most slaves C) a concentration of labor in the Upper South D) considerable variety in the conditions under which slaves lived
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