Both the New Jersey and the Virginia Plan dealt with what major issue in the writing of the new constitution?
History · Middle School · Tue Nov 03 2020
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Both the New Jersey Plan and the Virginia Plan addressed the major issue of representation in the new constitution of the United States. The Virginia Plan proposed a bicameral legislature with representation based on population, favoring larger states. In contrast, the New Jersey Plan proposed a unicameral legislature with equal representation for each state, regardless of population, which was more favorable to smaller states. These discussions and compromises ultimately led to the creation of the U.S. Constitution with its current system of a bicameral legislature, incorporating elements from both plans.