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Who did the Virginia Plan favor smaller states or larger states?
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larger states
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What was thought to favor larger states since representation was based on population?
Virginia plan
Which states favored the New Jersey plan?
smaller ones
Why did delagates from larger states favor the virgina plan?
The Virginia Plan was one of the proposed plans on how power would be divided between the original thirteen colonies. This particular plan said that every state should have a number of representatives based on the population of the colony. The smaller colonies felt this gave them way too little representation.
Which states favor the representation set up in the state?
states with smaller populations
What did states with large populationfavorthe Virginia plan?
The Virginia Plan, in having a unicameral legislature whose delegates are assigned by population (much like having just the House of Representatives), favored large states, because their large populations would give them power.
What are the differences between the New Jersey plan Virginia Plan and the Connecticut compromise?
NEW JERSEY PLAN: STRENGTHS: # IT WOULD GIVE FAIR REPRESENTATON TO EVERYONE. # THE SMALL STATES APROVED IT. WEAKNESS: # THE LARGER STATES WOULDNT HAVE ENOUGHT VOTES ON THEIR FAVOR # THE LARGER STATES DIDINT AGREE WITH IT.
What type of government did the Virginia Plan support and what states did it a favor?
The Virginia Plan, proposed during the Constitutional Convention of 1787, proposed a bicameral legislature (a legislative branch with two houses: an upper and a lower), where the lower house was elected by the people, and the upper house by the lower house. It favored larger states, such as Virginia, by proposing a representation in voting based on population.
Who were the supporters of the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan?
Many of the larger states that knew they would get better representation voted in favor of this, such as New York and other densely populated areas. The supporters of the New Jesey plan were smaller staes, because the New Jersey Plan offered equal represenation. Small states such as Delaware preferred this plan much more.
What were the primary features of the new jersey plan whom did this plan favor why?
The New Jersey plan stated that the larger states should have the most representation. This worried the smaller states that they would not be heard as much.
Why did James Madison favor the New Jersey plan?
Because James Madison likes Small Things, and the new jersey plan focused on giving the smaller states equal power to the larger and more populated.
What were convention delegates from smaller states in favor of?
They were in favor of a federal executive of more than one person.A federal executive of more than one person
What is the Virgnia plan?
The Virginia Plan, also known as the Large-State Plan, was the idea that opposed the New-Jersey Plan in that it expressed the idea that representation for the New Legislature should be based off of population (which would favor larger states) rather than have equal representation for the states.
