<P> The New Jersey Plan ( also known as the Small State Plan or the Paterson Plan ) was a proposal for the structure of the United States Government presented by William Paterson at the Constitutional Convention on June 15 , 1787 . The plan was created in response to the Virginia Plan , which called for two houses of Congress , both elected with apportionment according to population . The less populous states were adamantly opposed to giving most of the control of the national government to the more populous states , and so proposed an alternative plan that would have kept the one - vote - per - state representation under one legislative body from the Articles of Confederation . The New Jersey Plan was opposed by James Madison and Edmund Randolph ( the proponents of the Virginia state Plan ) . </P>
<P> The New Jersey Plan ( also known as the Small State Plan or the Paterson Plan ) was a proposal for the structure of the United States Government presented by William Paterson at the Constitutional Convention on June 15 , 1787 . The plan was created in response to the Virginia Plan , which called for two houses of Congress , both elected with apportionment according to population . The less populous states were adamantly opposed to giving most of the control of the national government to the more populous states , and so proposed an alternative plan that would have kept the one - vote - per - state representation under one legislative body from the Articles of Confederation . The New Jersey Plan was opposed by James Madison and Edmund Randolph ( the proponents of the Virginia state Plan ) . </P>
what was the virginia plan and the new jersey plan
what was the virginia plan and the new jersey plan
called for two houses of Congress , both elected with apportionment according to population plan that would have kept the one - vote - per - state representation under one legislative body from the Articles of Confederation
called for two houses of Congress , both elected with apportionment according to population plan that would have kept the one - vote - per - state representation under one legislative body from the Articles of Confederation