Question

The most fundamental difference between the V1rginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan was that the New Jersey Plan proposed that ______.

a. the number of congressional representatives per state would be based on the state's population

b. there would be three branches of the federal government: legislative, executive, and judicial

c. Congress would have the power to veto any state law

d. each state would get an equal vote in the national government

Answer 1

d. each state would get an equal vote in the national government

The most contentious aspect of the V1rginia Plan was a provision that a state’s representation, as part of the legislative Congress, should be primarily based on either the size of its population or its “quotas of contribution” (i.e., the amount of money raised via taxes to the federal government).