The answer is D.
William Patterson’s “New Jersey Plan” supported giving each state and equal amount of votes. Instead of the plan we use today which states that each state has the same number of senators and different numbers of congressmen (House of Representatives) based on the population of each state.
The reason why smaller states approved of this plan is because if each state has an equal amount of representatives, then the smaller states will be equal to states that have larger population. This plan is similar to The Articles to the Confederation. Which we know was not successful. Fortunately, people did not support this plan because they believed that this plan would make the national government they wanted weak.
I believe the example is Estaban, who was born into a family with power and is now considered part of the highest group based on his ascribed status
In caste system, the value that individual had within the society is derived from the status/occupation that they had rather than their virtues.
People who born in family with power would most likely able to obtain good occupation/status which made them palced in highest caste group.
Some southerners threatened to secede over California's application for statehood during the middle of the 19th century because California would enter the US as a free state. This means the state would not have slavery.
To be able to relate to what happened. Also to understand what went on in that time period
