Rough Draft Of The Virginia Plan

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The Virginia Plan which is also known as the large-state plan was a plan drafted by James Madison. James Madison was a politician from Virginia who wanted the national government to hold more power. So he came up with the Virginia Plan. The idea of the Virginia Plan was that there would be two chambers of congress, in which the representatives would be determined by the population of each state (Patterson, 2013, p. 31). This meant the larger states would have more of an advantage than the smaller states, which would give them more representatives and power. The New Jersey Plan which is also known as the small-state plan was a plan drafted by William Paterson. The New Jersey plan was drafted because the some of the smaller states didn’t agree

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