<span>without them, the small States would have carried little weight in the new government</span>
It refers to the artists of the turn of the century, that is the art made at the beginning of the 20th century. It mostly refers to modernists and symbolism who created in this period and whose art was full of things like pessimism and cynicism. Modernity in general is associated with it.
Have the case reviewed by the Senate.
B
Virginia Plan rejected state sovereignty in favor of a supremacy in the national government while the Articles called for state authority.