The Virginia Plan guaranteed that large states would hold more power in the constitutional balance by having membership in both houses of Congress based on population.

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The Virginia Plan proposed a bicameral legislature in which membership in both houses, the Senate and the House of Representatives, would be based on population. This would grant larger states with greater representation and therefore more power in passing laws and making decisions in Congress.

The Virginia Plan Guaranteed That Large States Would Hold More