Why did the smaller states object to the Virginia Plan?
A) Roger Sherman and other small state delegates disliked Madison and Randolph and did not want them to receive recognition for advancing the Virginia Plan.
B) In accordance with the institution principle, small states wanted to maintain the existing institutions (the Articles of Confederation) , but the institution principle does not apply to large states.
C) In accordance with the rationality principle, the Virginia Plan provided greater representation in the national legislature for larger and/or wealthier states, which disadvantaged the small states.
D) The small states tended to be from the North and objected to the strong proslavery content in the Virginia Plan.
E) The smaller states feared that the national government would force them to pay equal shares of the national budget.
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