Question

How were the Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan alike?

Answer 1

Both favored three branches of government. Glade this can help.

Answer 2

The correct answer is Both favored three branches of government.

The Virginia and New Jersey Plans were both ideas on how to structure the federal government when developing the new US Constitution. The Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan both wanted three branches of government, however they differed on the manner in which Congress should be structured. The New Jersey Plan wanted a unicameral legislature in which all states had the same amount of representation while the Virginia Plan wanted a bicameral legislature in which a states representation was based on population.