At the Constitutional Convention,the plan to create a Congress in which representation was distributed according to population was called the:
A) Virginia Plan
B) Adams Proposal
C) New Hampshire Suggestion
D) Washington Doctrine
E) New Jersey Plan

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The Virginia Plan, proposed by James Madison, was the first major proposal at the Constitutional Convention and called for a bicameral legislative branch in which representation was based on population. This plan was in contrast to the New Jersey Plan, which called for equal representation for all states in the legislative branch. The Virginia Plan was ultimately used as the basis for the Constitution's legislative branch structure, with some modifications.

At the Constitutional Convention,the Plan to Create a Congress in Which