182 Disagreement as to Representation

182.Disagreement as to Representation

The Virginia plan proposed that representation in one branch of the new Congress should be divided among the states according to the amount of money each state paid into the national treasury , or according to the number of the free in - habitants of each state . The Delaware dele - gates at once said that they must withdraw . In June Governor Patterson of New Jersey brought forward a plan which had been drawn up by the delegates from the smaller states . It is always called , however , the New Jersey plan . It proposed simply to amend the Articles of Confederation so as to give Congress more power . After a long debate the New Jersey plan was rejected .