During the thirty years leading up to the Civil War, anti-slavery organizations proliferated, and became increasingly effective in their methods of resistance. As the century progressed, branches of the abolitionistmovement became more radical, calling for the immediate end of slavery.
New Jersey Plan proposed by William Paterson of New Jersey Its proposal followed the Virginia Plan (written by James Madison and presented by Edmund Randolph) with a two-house legislature with representation that depended on state population.
