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FranThe Virginia Plan was written by James Madison and presented by Edmund Randolph of Virginia. It included two houses in the national legislature and representation in both houses bases on population or number of free inhabitants. Glad to help!
In the Virginia plan, representation in government was based off population. In the New Jersey plan, representation would be equal for every state. The plans were compromised and resulted in our government consisting of the House of Representatives (based on population), and the Senate (equal for every state).
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The Virginia plan proposed that representation in congress be based on?
Representation should be determined by population. While the New Jersey plan proposed representation would be equal for all states. :)
Why was the Virginia Plan unpopular with representatives from small states?
Basically, smaller states had little representation in the national government. Since population determined representation in the Virginia Plan, smaller states felt that they would lose substantial power in the nation government.
What else was the Virginia Plan known as?
The Virginia plan called for representation based on population. Virginia was one of the largest states at the time.
The plan that called for a two-house legislature with representation to be based mainly on population was?
The two house legislature was proposed by the Great Compromise/Connecicut Compromise. The Plan that recommended representation be determined by population was Virginia Plan, because they had a very large population, so a legislature based on population would give Virginia a lot of influence in the new nation.
Small states objected to the Virginia plan because they?
The Virginia Plan would have disadvantaged them since representation would be contingent on population.
