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The New Jersey plan called for a one-house legislature with each state having an equal number of legislators. This plan was rejected because with there being more small states than large, it would have given the lesser populated states more power. In the final version of the Constitution, Congress would have a bicameral (two house) legislature, but the Senate was modeled after the New Jersey plan, each state having two Senators.
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How would the Constitution and the system of government it created have been different if they had been based on the New Jersey plan?
If the Constitution was based on the New Jersey plan, there would be a unicameral (one-house) Congress, not bicameral (two-house) like we have today. We would only have a Senate, and the House of Representatives would not exist.
Did Virginia approve the US Constitution?
No it adopted the new jersey plan!
Did New Jersey agree to the Articles of Confederation?
yes, but New Jersey wanted to change some of the parts this was called the New Jersey Plan. There is a link below to an article on the New Jersey Plan.
What key part of the new jersey plan is not part of your constitution today?
One house
A bicameral, or two-house, Congress was a feature of which plan for the federal government presented at the constitution convention?
The Virginia plan
