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The "New Jersey Plan" for Congress would have given each state an equal number of seats, which means that citizens of less-populous states would have greater influence than those in states with larger numbers of citizens. The "Virginia Plan" was based strictly on population, which meant that smaller states could be rendered powerless compared to those with larger numbers of residents.

In the final compromise, the New Jersey plan became the basis for the US Senate (two per state) and the Virginia plan was adopted for the House of Representatives, where seats are apportioned on the basis of a state's relative population.

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The large states opposed the New Jersey plan because it favored the small states. The plan stated that each state should have only one vote with a unicameral legislature.

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Because since the smaller states are "smaller", they have less population. If you have less population, there are less representatives to represent your state to the congress. Get it?

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They feared that if representation was based on something other than population their chances of winning got lower.

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