Question

James Madison drafted one possible plan for a new American legislature, known as the Virginia Plan. The Virginia Plan called for....
A- a three-part government with an executive, legislative, and judicial branches, providing checks and balances on each branch

B- a unicameral legislature in which every state had one vote, giving equal representation to large and small states

C- a bicameral legislature in which representation in Congress would be based on population, benefitting larger states

Answer 1

The Virginia Plan called for a bicameral legislature in which representation in Congress would be based on population, benefiting larger states.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

The Virginia Plan was composed by James Madison, it mainly concentrated on a Bicameral legislative branch in which the representation would be based on the population of the state (benefit for large states). A Bicameral legislature means that the legislators are present in two assemblies or houses.

In response to this idea, the New Jersey idea was also drafted to protect the representation of small states. Later, both these plans got settled for the Connecticut Compromise. It also called for the three-part government which didn't reach the Constitution. All this makes option C correct.