The Virginia was important because it influence how
contemporary government functions. Like
today’s Constitution, the Virginia plan government had the executive,
legislative and judiciary. There were
also checks and balances for each branch.
The legislative was more powerful because it would choose the people who would make
up the executive and judicial branches of government. The Virginia plan was countered by the New
Jersey Plan because it appealed to Congress to accept votes based on population
rather than state. The smaller states
objected to this because if the representation was based on population then it
would lead to unequal results.
