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What did the Virginia Plan at the Constitutional Convention propose?
  1. Representation in the new Congress should be proportional according to the population of each state.
  2. Each state should be equally represented in the new Congress so that states with fewer people would have as much say as states with more people.
  3. Create two houses of Congress. The House of Representatives would represent states according to population and the Senate would have each state be represented equally regardless of population.
  4. The nation’s capital should be located on the border of Virginia and Maryland.
  5. Any future President of the United States could only come from Virginia.
Explanation
Answer: A - The Virginia Plan was proposed by the Virginia delegates and gave the larger states more power in the decision making. Virginia, at the time, was the largest state in the country. Smaller states supported the New Jersey Plan, which gave each state an equal say in the Congress. After much bickering, the Connecticut Compromise was finally adopted, which made one house of Congress, the House of Representatives, proportional according to the population of the states and the other house of Congress, the Senate, provide equal representation to all states no matter how big.
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