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What Plan represented the position of the smaller states at the Constitutional Convention?
The New Jersey Plan.
Who was the delegate of the Constitutional Convention who proposed states be represented equally?
William Paterson, a delegate from New Jersey, proposed the Small States Plan or New Jersey Plan, to provide equal representation to the states regardless of size. The larger states favored the Virginia Plan, which allocated representation on the basis of population. The large and small states compromised by using the Virginia Plan as a model for the House of Representatives and the New Jersey Plan as a model for the US Senate.
What plan was suggested by the large states as a basis for the new legislative branch?
Virginia Plan
In the Connecticut Compromise which states plan served as a model for the US Senate?
== == Roger Sherman
Designed to favor small states?
In U.S. history, that would be the New Jersey plan.
Who are the United States senators?
A group of 100 person elected on the basis of two per state who are members of the US Senate.
Agreement that in congress states be represented equally in the senate and by population in the house?
Bill of right
What did small states want at the constitutional convention?
The smaller states followed the "Connecticut Plan" which, as opposed to the larger states' preference, the "Virginia Plan," made plans for a unicameral body in which all states had equal representation - today known as the Senate. The Virginia Plan, on the other hand, was favored by the larger states because it stated that larger populations would equal greater representation in Congress - today known as the House of Representatives.
What called for equal representation in both the senate and the house?
Not EqualFirst of all, the Senate and the House of Representatives are NOT equal. The Senate gives all states only 2 representatives. The House has representatives based on a state's population. This happened because of the Great Compromise of 1787, which was made by Roger Sherman after small and large states had arguments over government state representation.
Why did the large states object to the new jersey plan?
The "New Jersey Plan" for Congress would have given each state an equal number of seats, which means that citizens of less-populous states would have greater influence than those in states with larger numbers of citizens. The "Virginia Plan" was based strictly on population, which meant that smaller states could be rendered powerless compared to those with larger numbers of residents. In the final compromise, the New Jersey plan became the basis for the US Senate (two per state) and the Virginia plan was adopted for the House of Representatives, where seats are apportioned on the basis of a state's relative population.
Why is the great compromise considered a bundle of compromise?
it is called a bundle of compromises because it includes the Virginia plan and the New Jersey plan, satisfying each plan's followers and ideas. it satisfied the small and large states where in the senate the states are equally represented and in the house it is represented by population.
When was it decided that we should have a senate?
during the constitutional convention, there were discrepancies between the New Jersey Plan and the Virginia Plan. When Rodger Sherman came up with the Great Compromise we got a senate where there is equal rep for all states and a house of reps, with a population based group.
