Answer: given Southern states greater control in the legislative branch of the federal government due to representation.
Step-by-step explanation:
The Virginia plan called for a bicameral legislature where there would be a Senate and a House of Representatives. This Congress would be represented proportionally meaning that states with higher populations would be dominant.
This would have given Southern states greater control over Congress because they had a large enslaved population that would have ensured that their population was considered large enough to get more seats.