Question

At the Constitutional Convention, the Virginia Plan appealed most widely to delegates of which kind of states?

states with large populations
states with small populations
free states
slave states

Answer 1

The Virginia Plan (also known as the Randolph Plan, after its sponsor, or the Large-State Plan) was a proposal by Virginia delegates for a bicameral legislative branch. The plan was drafted by James Madison while he waited for a quorum to assemble at the Constitutional Convention of 1787.

Virginia's Plan was based on population. The larger states favored this plan because it would give them more representation in Congress.