Why Did the Smaller States Object to the Virginia Plan

question 39

Multiple Choice

Why did the smaller states object to the Virginia Plan?

• A)Roger Sherman and other small state delegates disliked Madison and Randolph and did not want them to receive recognition for advancing the Virginia Plan.
• B)In accordance with the institution principle, small states wanted to maintain the existing institutions (the Articles of Confederation), but the institution principle does not apply to large states.
• C)In accordance with the rationality principle, the Virginia Plan provided greater representation in the national legislature for larger and/or wealthier states, which disadvantaged the small states.
• D)The small states tended to be from the North and objected to the strong proslavery content in the Virginia Plan.
• E)The smaller states feared that the national government would force them to pay equal shares of the national budget.

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