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The New Jersey Plan

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The New Jersey Plan proposed keeping a single-chamber legislature with equal representation for every state regardless of population.

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Small states favored the plan: equal seats erased the population disadvantage.

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Equal representation lets a minority of the population control a majority of the seats.