Issue: Conflicts arose regarding states' rights and the federal government. 3. Resolution:

The resolution can be achieved by determining which one has the higher authority.

Explanation:

The issue regarding states' right and the federal government arise not long after United States reached its independence from the Britain.

At that time, many of the states law and federal law were contradicting one another. This made a lot of citizens became unsure on which laws they should follow.

To handle this, James Madison and his colleagues introduced the Supremacy Clause as a part of the New Jersey Plan/

The supremacy clause mentioned that in case there is contradiction between state laws and federal law, the Federal law is the one that should be upheld over the state law. This clearly distinguished which law has the authority over another.