Smaller states would have more power because the New Jersey Plan called for a unicameral or one-house congress where all states were represented equally.
Forced states to obey national laws
Forced states to obey national laws
States with more residents would have benefited, because the Virginia Plan for Congress would have given states representation strictly on the basis of population. But under the Connecticut Compromise, the legislature was made bicameral, with only the House being apportioned by population, and under the 3/5 Compromise, the total numbers of slaves was not counted either.
The states would be represented based on their population.
Virginia plan
He believed that the Virginia plan would give the larger states more power and that the smaller states would get overuled , so luther a group supported the virginia plan.
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According to the Virginia Plan, states with a large population would have more representatives than smaller states. Large states supported this plan, while smaller states generally opposed it. Under the New Jersey Plan, the unicameral legislature with one vote per state was inherited from the Articles of Confederation.
The smaller states opposed the Virginia Plan due to issues Federalism and representation. Many of them were anti-Federalist, and they worried that states with larger populations would hold all the power.
The smaller states opposed the Virginia Plan due to issues Federalism and representation. Many of them were anti-Federalist, and they worried that states with larger populations would hold all the power.
Basically, smaller states had little representation in the national government. Since population determined representation in the Virginia Plan, smaller states felt that they would lose substantial power in the nation government.
The Virginia plan for the American Constitution was supported by large states because it gave them more power to elect the president. Some of these states were Pennsylvania, New York, and Massachusetts.