The Virginia Plan was more favorable to large states primarily because larger states would get more votes than smaller states. The Virginia Plan proposed a bicameral legislature with representation based on population, meaning that states with larger populations would have more representatives and, therefore, more influence in the legislative process. This was in contrast to the New Jersey Plan, which advocated for equal representation for all states regardless of their population size. The advantage given to larger states in the Virginia Plan was a significant point of contention during the Constitutional Convention, leading to the Great Compromise (or Connecticut Compromise) that established a bicameral legislature with both proportional representation in one chamber and equal representation in the other.
During the great compromise, why was the Virginia plan more favorable to large states?
Larger states would get more votes than smaller states
Virginia would control the east coast
Smaller states would get more votes than lager states
It allowed for more farming and less production in factories
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