During the creation of our constitution, the founders faced many dilemmas and controversies. The biggest one was how strong and how much power the executive branch of the government should be. The founders did not want to end up in a monarchy again but yet the executive could not be completely powerless. Several plans were constructed and these plans were debated throughout the convention. The combining of these plans is why the constitution is called …showed first 75 words of 438 total…

…showed last 75 words of 438 total…favored the larger states by allowing them more representation in the government. The larger states did not favor the New Jersey Plan thinking that the plan favored the smaller states. The agreement reached in the convention was that the larger states would be better represented in the House of Representatives, which awarded seats on the basis of population. The smaller states would be heavily represented in the Senate in which every state has two seats.