Comments on: What plan brought up at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia favored large states? http://www.diet2005.com/convention-at/what-plan-brought-up-at-the-constitutional-convention-in-philadelphia-favored-large-states Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:58:59 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Steve http://www.diet2005.com/convention-at/what-plan-brought-up-at-the-constitutional-convention-in-philadelphia-favored-large-states/comment-page-1#comment-3455 Steve Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:47:59 +0000 http://www.diet2005.com/convention-at/what-plan-brought-up-at-the-constitutional-convention-in-philadelphia-favored-large-states#comment-3455 The Virginia plan... it called for one legislative house that had representation based on population The New Jersey plan called for one legislative house that had equal representation The Connecticut plan was a compromise. It had 2 houses. One was based on population to appease large states. That house is now the House of Representatives. The other house had equal representation. That house is now the Senate. It was made to appease small states.<br><b>References : </b><br> The Virginia plan… it called for one legislative house that had representation based on population

The New Jersey plan called for one legislative house that had equal representation

The Connecticut plan was a compromise. It had 2 houses. One was based on population to appease large states. That house is now the House of Representatives. The other house had equal representation. That house is now the Senate. It was made to appease small states.
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