2) What type of representation did the Virginia Plan call for? The type of representation the Virginia call for is the “proportional representation” where states that have larger population will have more representative than the states that have smaller population. It means that states with more number of people would have more to say in the politics and would receive more representatives.
3) How was the Virginia Plan connected to slavery? The inclusion of slavery in the Virginia plan was made because of the idea of proportional representation meaning that more population would mean more representatives from that states. Therefore, Virginia Plan was based on the assumption that enslaved people will be counted on the state’s population, but they do not have human rights and rights to vote.
4) What are the three ways that the Constitution protected slavery? The …show more content…
States wants to make sure they are not giving up some of their freedom. Also, smaller states do not want the larger states to overpower them. States also have different interest in economies such as industrial production, and small or large scale farming. Compromises also have protection in slavery to make sure that states such as Maryland, Virginia, N. and S. Carolina or Georgia would ratify the constitution and have enough states to willingly ratify the