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What was william paterson’s main contribution to the constitutional convention

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Proposed the New Jersey Plan

Explanation: William Paterson was a New Jersey statesman, a subscriber to the United States Constitution, and an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, who served as the 2nd governor of New Jersey.

New Jersey Plan was a structural proposal by the United States Government proposed by William Paterson at the Constitutional Convention of June 15, 1787. The plan was created in response to the Virginia Plan.

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