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They favored the New Jersey plan because it said they would get one Representative no matter the population of the state. In the Virginia plan, states got seats in the house based on the population of the state.

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because then each state would only get one vote instead of the bigger states getting more votes than the smaller ones.

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Q: Why did small states favor the New Jersey Plan?
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