When the newly independent American colonies worked to write a constitution, they could not agree on the kind of representation states should have in the legislature. Which plan supported small states and gave each state, regardless of its size or population, equal representation in Congress?

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Levi Keith

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When the newly independent American colonies worked to write a constitution, they could not agree on the kind of representation states should have in the legislature. Which plan supported small states and gave each state, regardless of its size or population, equal representation in Congress?

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Kinley Hogan · Answer 1

The New Jersey plan

Explanation:

The New Jersey plan supported small states and gave each state, regardless of its size or population, equal representation in Congress.

It proposed a unicameral legislature with one vote per state.

It was presented by William Paterson on the 15th of June, 1787 at the Constitutional Convention in response to the Virginia plan.