The Virginia Plan was a proposal by Virginia delegates for a bicameral legislative branch.
Different Regions, Different Jobs
The long coastline in New England allowed many people to take jobs in the fishing industry. The shipbuilding industry also grew. New England's many ports grew into cities. New England was a trade center.
The correct answer is it contained an eighty-and-half minute gap. When President Nixon finally turned in the transcripts of the Watergate tapes, the transcripts surprisingly contained an important gap of eight-and-half minutes.
The result was that the Treaty of Versailles could not be passed. The Senate needed a two-thirds majority to pass the treaty, but the Republicans were vehemently opposed to passing the treaty, because they felt they needed more reservations were needed and did not like the idea that the League of Nations could declare a war without asking for a vote by the U.S. Congress. There was also significant opposition by the Irish Catholics and German Democrats who felt this was giving too much power to Britain. As a result, the treaty was never ratified, but separate agreements were signed.
They were going to do this through the construction of a
canal. This was a joint effort by
government and businessmen and this was to be called the Erie Canal. This enabled merchants and traders to
transport their goods by water which was faster and facilitated trade.
