<P> The Virginia Plan proposed a legislative branch consisting of two chambers ( bicameral legislature ) , with the dual principles of rotation in office and recall applied to the lower house of the national legislature . Each of the states would be represented in proportion to their `` Quotas of contribution , or to the number of free inhabitants . '' States with a large population , like Virginia ( which was the most populous state at the time ) , would thus have more representatives than smaller states . Large states supported this plan , and smaller states generally opposed it , preferring an alternative put forward on June 15 . The New Jersey Plan proposed a single - chamber legislature in which each state , regardless of size , would have one vote , as under the Articles of Confederation . In the end , the convention settled on the Connecticut Compromise , creating a House of Representatives apportioned by population and a Senate in which each state is equally represented . </P>
<P> The Virginia Plan proposed a legislative branch consisting of two chambers ( bicameral legislature ) , with the dual principles of rotation in office and recall applied to the lower house of the national legislature . Each of the states would be represented in proportion to their `` Quotas of contribution , or to the number of free inhabitants . '' States with a large population , like Virginia ( which was the most populous state at the time ) , would thus have more representatives than smaller states . Large states supported this plan , and smaller states generally opposed it , preferring an alternative put forward on June 15 . The New Jersey Plan proposed a single - chamber legislature in which each state , regardless of size , would have one vote , as under the Articles of Confederation . In the end , the convention settled on the Connecticut Compromise , creating a House of Representatives apportioned by population and a Senate in which each state is equally represented . </P>
what states supported the virginia plan and why
what states supported the virginia plan and why
Large states
Large states