The Virginia Plan called for
A) retaining the Articles of Confederation, with the addition of a national executive.
B) a two-tier national legislature.
C) combining the three smallest states into one large state.
D) a Senate in which each state would have two members.
E) an end to the slave trade and gradual emancipation.

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The Virginia Plan proposed a two-tier national legislature, with representation based on population in the lower house and equal representation for each state in the upper house. This plan favored larger states and was in contrast to the New Jersey Plan, which called for equal representation for all states in a unicameral legislature.

The Virginia Plan Called for