The Virginia Plan proposed that members of the Senate be elected by the state legislatures, with the number of representatives for each state determined by the state's population. This plan aimed to create a bicameral legislature, consisting of a lower house and an upper house, thereby ensuring representation based on population. The plan was one of the key proposals during the Constitutional Convention of 1787, advocating for a stronger national government.
Elected by the people.
The Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan formed the compromise of the US Senate and House of Represenatives. The Virginia Plan called for votes of population (House of Represenatives) and the New Jersey Plan called for a fixed state vote (Senate). A law must pass through both house to become passed.
The Virginia Plan and the NJ Plan were taxes to be apportioned by population and the Senate granted equal votes per state.
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Virginia (the Large State Plan was also called the Virginia Plan).
It was called the Connecticut Compromise. In 1787, at the Constitution Convention, this compromised was reached in which a bicameral legislature was accepted, where there would be a Senate and a House of Representatives.
The plan called for a two house legislature, and a court system. The members of the lower house of the legislature would be elected by the people. The members of the upper house would be chosen by the lower house.
The Virginia plan called for representation based on population. Virginia was one of the largest states at the time.
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It called for the states to have proportional representation.