The Plan called for a one-house legislature in which each state would cast only one vote. The Plan called for a Congress of two houses in which the total number of delegates would be divided among the states according to the free population of each state.

The New Jersey Plan (1787), proposed by William Paterson (1793-1806) at the Constitutional Convention, suggested a one-vote-per-state representation under one legislative body for as part of the core structure of the U.S. Government.

The Virginia Plan (1787), drafted by James Madison (1809-1817) and presented as well in the Constitutional Convention, proposed a bicameral legislative branch. In this governmental structure, each state would be represented proportionally to the number of free inhabitants they had. The smallest states, of course, were disfavored by this.

The ____ Plan called for a one-house legislature in which each state would cast only one vote. The ____ Plan called for a Congress of two houses in which the total number of delegates would be divided among the states according to the free population of each state.

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The Plan called for a one-house legislature in which each state would cast only one vote. The Plan called for a Congress of two houses in which the total number of delegates would be divided among the states according to the free population of each state.