The smaller states opposed the Virginia Plan due to issues Federalism and representation. Many of them were anti-Federalist, and they worried that states with larger populations would hold all the power.
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Virginia (the Large State Plan was also called the Virginia Plan).
The Great Comprimise took parts from both plans. It took equal representation from the New Jersey Plan. This is why we have our Senate. New Jersey wanted this because they were a smaller state. It took representation by population from the Virginia Plan. This is why we have our House of Representatives. Virginia wanted this because it was a larger state.
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The Virginia Plan
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The Virginia Plan, also known as the Rudolph Plan or the Large-State Plan, was proposed by Virginia delegates and drafted by James Madison.
In the Virginia plan they wanted it based on population because they were a bigger state. But in the New Jersey plan they wanted an equal representation because they had a smaller population.