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the large states wanted more representation in congress while the small states wanted the representation to be equal throughout the states.
The small states opposed the Virginia Plan and the large states supported the Virginia Plan.
The small states supported the New Jersey Plan and the large states preferred the Virginia Plan over the New Jersey Plan.
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EzraUS Constitution safeguards rights of all states, irrespective of their size. Constitution provides equal representation to all states in US senate. Every state has two senators. This helps in equating all states and addressing the issue of over powering the big states.
There were different ways the Constitution helped smaller states, there wasnt a a specific plan that worked best for small states. For example, they added a Senate to the constituion, which takes two members from every state, not a certain number of representatives according to the population of the state. This way each state had a fair amount of say in the government, but not too much say that it would harm larger states with larger populations.
Before the Constitution was written there were several different plans made by different people, the best one chosen used a system of checks and balances and allowed the government to have two houses.
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What issue were large and small states arguing about at the constitution convention small answer please?
Political power. Large population states threatened to overwhelm the voices of the small population states. In addition, if you expand the definition of "large vs small," the economically larger states threaten the economically less wealthy states.
Why did the small states object the delegates being assigned according to population?
Small states didn't have the population numbers compared to the large so in any vote or situation they would always be out numbered by the large states.
What is the conflict between large states and small states?
how did did the American revilotion start
What agreement ended the debate between large and small states?
Virgina plan
Why did differences between states cause problems of repesentation in the new government?
The small states would never agree to a purely representational form of government. They foresaw the annexation of small, ineffective states as the populations of the large states continued to grow and their influence waned.
