As you've read, the writing of the Constitution was not a decision that the colonial leaders came to easily. Some came down on the side of the proposed New Jersey plan, or the small state plan, and others fought for the Virginia plan, which favored large states. Eventually, after heated debate, the representatives decided on the Connecticut plan, a synthesis of both the small state plan and the large state plan--and the document that we now know as the Constitution. Download and fill out the following table and record the notable differences between both plans and the Constitution. Then, answer the two questions found at the bottom of the table.
Constitution Comparison Table (Google Doc)