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What is the congressional body based on population?
The Virginia Plan proposed the idea for a bicameral legislation based on population. Prior to that, there was a unilateral congress. Before representatives were based on population, every state had one vote.
Called for one house of Congress based on population?
Great Compromise
Suppose you have a job of assigning the proper number of house of representatives seats for various states what must you know to do this?
population.
What factors made the Great Compromise necessary?
The Great Compromise combined the New Jersey Plan and the Virginia Plan. The New Jersey Plan wanted governmental representation independent on population, therefore the representation would be the same for every state. The Virginia Plan wanted representation to be based on population, therefore some states would have more representation than others. The Great Compromise combined the two, and created the Congress we have today. The Senate is independent of population, and the House of Representatives is based on population.
What document proposed that both houses of congress would be based on population?
The Virginia Plan proposed that both houses of Congress would be based on population.
