The Virginia plan was a plan based on assigning representation to congress based on population sizes. Many small states had deemed this unfair and therefore if the plan had been adopted today, <u>states with larger population would benefit.</u>
A <u>democratic government </u>gives citizens the right to directly vote gov't officials into office to represent them.
On the other hand, <u>authoritarian regimes </u>are built from strong central governments with little to no political freedoms for citizens.
So, the primary different between a democratic and authoritarian government is the <em>citizens' political power/freedom</em>.
A benefit is a payment or gift
