The national government would be central. There would be three branches of government and a system of checks and balances.
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The Congress under the Virginia plan would have been a unicameral legislature with representation based on a state's population like the House of Representatives that we have today.
Answer:Seats would be awarded to each state by the basis of population.Respond:Thanks!-Wanderingnimph
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.
The Virginia Plan called for a strong national government set up into three branches, legislative, executive, and judicial. The legislature would be made up of two houses. The first house would be elected by the people. The second house would be selected by the first house. The people selected would come from a list nominated by each of the states legislative body. As you can see, this allowed the voting population the right to elect just one of the houses of the national legislature.
The House of Burgesses was the legislature of the Virginia Colony.