There were also large and small states, and there was also a proposal for two plans at the convention. Madison, a Princeton graduate, came to the convention and proposed what was called the Virginia Plan. His Virginia Plan wanted to eliminate the Articles of Confederation, implement a two-house congress, wanted to establish a federal judiciary, wanted congress to elect the first president, and wanted congress to have veto power over the creation of a centralized government. Smaller states opposed Virginia's plan and proposed New Jersey's plan to revise the Articles of Confederation, each with equal state representation in the two chambers with different rules. The Virginia Plan prevailed over the New Jersey Plan. Roger Sermon, after the convention had stalled, stepped forward and informed them that they would have to ensure that each state had equal representation to the population, which was called the great compromise. The big question was how they would count the voters, we will count the women, the men, the taxpayers, the slaves; there was an important decision that still needed to be made. Then there were the slave states and the free states in which the Atlantic slave trade was still in great demand. Word spread about the abolition of slavery in the North and their labor supply was threatened. The Southern population wanted slaves included in their count. However, their numbers would be included and slaves would have no political voice or say