What major problem had to be solved during the constitutional convention between the large states and small states?

Answer 1

The Virginia Plan, submitted by James Madison, proposed two houses of Congress bassed on population. that way the large states would control the government.

The New Jersey Plan, was presented at the Philedeilphia Convention by Willian Paterson. All the states would be represented equally regardless of size.

Answer 2

The Virginia Plan, submitted by James Madison, proposed two houses of Congress bassed on population. that way the large states would control the government.

The New Jersey Plan, was presented at the Philedeilphia Convention by Willian Paterson. All the states would be represented equally regardless of size.

Answer 3

The basic problem was that small states did not want to wind up being completely dominated by larger states and having no say in national decisions, while large states wanted to have the degree of influence that they would be entitled to because of their large populations, under the principle of democracy that every individual should have an equal vote. This conflict required a number of compromises to be made, particularly in the design of Congress, which has a House of Representatives in which the more populous states have more representatives, and a Senate in which every state has exactly two senators.

Answer 4

Small states feared that they would be dominated by larger states, whose larger populations could outvote them. The solution was to create a Senate in which each state will have two Senators, regardless of the population of the state.