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Sumaya HP2 History Project

The document discusses three early plans for the United States Congress: the New Jersey Plan, the Great Compromise, and the Virginia Plan. The New Jersey Plan proposed one legislative house with equal representation for each state. The Great Compromise combined aspects of the New Jersey and Virginia Plans by creating a bicameral Congress with a House based on population and a Senate with two members per state. The Virginia Plan proposed that representation in Congress would be based on state population, which smaller states opposed because they would have less power.

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Sumaya HP2 History Project

The document discusses three early plans for the United States Congress: the New Jersey Plan, the Great Compromise, and the Virginia Plan. The New Jersey Plan proposed one legislative house with equal representation for each state. The Great Compromise combined aspects of the New Jersey and Virginia Plans by creating a bicameral Congress with a House based on population and a Senate with two members per state. The Virginia Plan proposed that representation in Congress would be based on state population, which smaller states opposed because they would have less power.

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