The Virginia Plan proposed that the new legislature have representation based on a states population. The New Jersey Plan proposed that the new legislature let each state have the same number of representatives.
New Jersey Plan.
New Jersey Plan
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Virginia Plan
New Jersey plan
It was the New Jersey Plan that proposed the idea of an unicameral legislature with equal representation. It was ultimately rejected.
The Great Compromise
The Connecticut Compromise proposed a bicameral legislature with two senators per state and a House of Representatives based on population.
The Connecticut Compromise proposed a bicameral legislature with two senators per state and a House of Representatives based on population.
The two-house legislature proposal was the Virginia Plan or the Randolph Plan proposed by Edmund Randolph. He was the?ægovernor of Virginia when the proposal was presented.
Both the Virginia and New Jersey Plans included a legislative branch, but differed in the way the legislative branch was defined. The Virginia Plan proposed a legislative branch consisting of two chambers, while the New Jersey Plan proposed a unicameral legislature.