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New Jersey wanted each state to have the same number of representatives so that each would have an equal say in the running of the government. Virginia wanted representation based on population because it was more densely populated, and wanted a larger say in the running of the government.

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Q: Why did the New Jersey want equal representation in the legislature and Virginia want representation based on population?
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What Plan that called for representation in the legislature to be based on population or wealth?

Virginian plan


How did the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey plan each propose to structure the new national legislature?

The Virginia Plan proposed that the new legislature have representation based on a states population. The New Jersey Plan proposed that the new legislature let each state have the same number of representatives.


Which plan for representation in Congress called for a bicameral legislature with the representation based on population?

The Connecticut Compromise proposed a bicameral legislature with two senators per state and a House of Representatives based on population.


What is different between the Virginia and New Jersey plan?

The New Jersey Plan was a proposal to have representation in Congress be equal for every state. In the Virginia Plan, representation was determined by population.


What kind of legislature did the New Jersey Plan support?

The states were given equil amounts of representation, regardless of the population. That would mean the representation would be based on the individual states, and not the population.


The plan proposed by New Jersey for a unicameral legislature with equal representation of states regardless of size and population?

New Jersey plan


How did farmers of Virginia and New Jersey plan to propose to decide on the number of representatives in congress?

Virginia was a heavily populated state and New Jersey was not. Virginia proposed congressional representation based upon population; New Jersey proposed equal representation of all states regardless of population.


This compromise proposed representation in the lower house to be based on population and in the upper house to be equal?

The Connecticut Compromise made a bicameral legislature, combining ideas from the Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan.


How was representation determined for the Virginia plan?

Each state should decide how many members it would send to Congress.


This state's plan called for a one house legislature with equal representation from all of the states?

Type your answer here.Which plan called for two houses in the legislature, one where states would have equal representation and one where representation would be in proportion to population..


What did the New Jersey compromise do?

There was no "New Jersey Compromise." It was named for Connecticut. The New Jersey Plan was an alternative representation plan for Congress as it was debated at the Constitutional Convention. Rather than a legislature based on population (the Virginia Plan), it proposed a unicameral legislature with each state being equal with a single representative. Under the "Great Compromise" or Connecticut Compromise, the New Jersey plan became the model for the Senate, and the Virginia Plan for the House of Representatives.


What is the Virginia Plan?

The Virginia Plan outlined having a two-house legislature that would choose a president and Supreme Court justices. The Virginia plan was a proposal that seats in Congress be awarded on the basis of the state's population.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.It called For Three Branches of Government