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The New Nation · 1787

New Jersey Plan

New Jersey Plan
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New Jersey Plan

The small states opposed the Virginia Plan, since it would have given overwhelming power to a few large states. They banded together and presented the New Jersey Plan, which called for a single body of Congress in which each state would be equally represented.

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