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Because the plan gave each state one vote, so that small states would have as much power as large states.

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The small states created the New Jersey Plan because they felt that the larger states would take control of them if they used the Virginia Plan.

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What plan represented the interest of all small states?

The New Jersey Plan, also known as the Small State Plan.


Why was the New Jersey Plan called the small state plan?

IT WAS BETTER FOR SMALL STATES BTW WHY DID THE CHICKENCROSS THE RODE? TO GET TO THE OTHER SIDE...he died


How many state votes favored the new jersey plan?

small states


How does the allocation of representatives differ between the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan?

The New Jersey Plan was much like the old Confederation Congress. Each state had one representative. This favored the small states. In the Virginia Plan, representatives were distributed based on population which favored the big states. The Connecticut Compromise was... a compromise. Each state had 2 in the Senate, and representation in the House is based on population. It helped both the large and small states.


Who was the presenter of the small state plan at the Constitutional Convention?

William Paterson, of New Jersey The Small State Plan is more commonly known today as the New Jersey Plan.

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Plan proposed by the small states at the Constitutional Convention?

New Jersey Plan


Why was the The New Jersey plan important?

The New Jersey Plan favored small states and gave them the same rights as the bigger states.


WHY WA THE NEW JERSEY PLAN?

The New Jersey Plan favored small states and gave them the same rights as the bigger states.


Who presinted the small states plan?

New Jersey; the plan was also known as the New Jersey plan


What plan represented the interest of all small states?

The New Jersey Plan, also known as the Small State Plan.


What plans presented at the Constitutional Convention would be favored by small States.?

New Jersey Plan


What plan was suported by the small states in the great constitution?

the new jersey plan this is because they wanted the states to be equal


Why did small states in particular prefer the the New Jersey Plan?

it represented the states as equals


What Plan represented the position of the smaller states at the Constitutional Convention?

The New Jersey Plan.


How many did New Jersey representative's New Jersey plan have?

Mostly all the small states representative's.


How did the New Jersey Plan view the size of the nation?

The New Jersey plan favored the small states.


Type of states the benefited from the new Jersey plan?

the small states benefited the most.