At the Constitutional Convention, the proposed plan to create a congress where representation was distributed according to population was called the ________ Plan.
A)Virginia
B)New Hampshire
C)Marshall
D)New Jersey

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The Virginia Plan, proposed by James Madison, called for a bicameral legislature with representation in both houses based on population. This plan was opposed by the smaller states, who feared they would be dominated by the larger states under this system. The New Jersey Plan, on the other hand, called for equal representation for all states in Congress.

At the Constitutional Convention, the Proposed Plan to Create a Congress