Why Did States Like Delaware, Connecticut, and New York Oppose

question 93

Multiple Choice

Why did states like Delaware, Connecticut, and New York oppose the Virginia Plan?

• A) They disliked the Bill of Rights that was contained within the Virginia Plan.
• B) They wanted to eliminate the state governments rather than giving them the constitutional status suggested by the Virginia Plan.
• C) They wanted every plan for a new government to include a provision protecting the institution of slavery for at least 25 years, and the Virginia Plan did not contain such a provision.
• D) They feared that large states would dominate the new government if representation were to be determined by population as stipulated by the Virginia Plan.

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