and william paterson is in energetic discussion with jacob broom. of all the statues, broom is the only one for whom an image to -- image did not exist. i think the artist had to imagine what his face looked like. everyone else is represented according to contemporary pictures. william paterson proposes the new jersey plan which says that every state is going to get equal representation in a bicameral legislature. that would've been great for states like new jersey whose votes counts as much as big states like virginia and new york, but as you can imagine virginia and the larger states were not happy with that. so what to do? it looks like an irreconcilable clash. as was the case of many times at the convention, someone proposed a compromise. and that someone was roger sherman of connecticut. let's go look at him and see what he came up with. the connecticut delegation is here. and i have to apologize, ladies and gentlemen, because whenever i think of roger sherman i cannot help but think as i do so many times when i see the framers, of that great m

by william paterson. i will put up a slide of him in a few minutes. let's just add some additional powers to those already possessed by the continental congress under the articles of confederation. maybe we do not need to change the structure of government at all. if we add a few powers. maybe that will take care of everything that needs to be done. that's not a bad position. we should not expect the american people to be willing to go too far. we should cut them some slack. it's been a long and expensive war. they were trying to recover from the war. there has been a significant depression in the 1780's. maybe we should cut the american people some slack and not expect too much from them. on the other hand, if you are a rabid nationalist, gee, why don't we just start over, why don't we get rid of these states? why do we need rhode island or delaware? those were mistakes to begin with, accidental communities that became states for no good reason as far as i can tell. the states of different sizes -- maybe we should think about the optimal size of the

and william paterson. martin will be the attorney for maryland in the great case of mcculloch. he gives a great speech protecting states rights. madison's basic impression was -- [speaking latin] if you can translate? >> alcohol? professor rakove: alcohol. he had to to get ready to go on. harrison, the son of scottish immigrants. the revolution gives him an opportunity. he serves on the first supreme court. then a couple of new englanders up here. gerry, one of the very wealthy merchants who would not sign at the end of the convention. and he figures prominently in the case with the equal state vote. sherman -- you can't quite make it out here, but sherman had an awkwardness to him. do you see how he is sitting in this chair? he can't go back further. he can't quite unwind. but yeah, sherman played a very active role. there are other delegates i could show. let me get a point up here i could talk about later, but not first. so, representation. the great compromise essentially the decision to give states and equal vote in the senate. was that a great comp are mice to be admired