The new jersey and virginia plans of the 1780s were each meant to

The New Jersey and Virginia plans of the 1780s were each meant to organize the newly legislative branch that was going to be created as a result of the creation of the Constitution of the United States in 1787, which organized the country under a presidentialist system.

The Virginia Plan favored the rights of the most populous states, by establishing a bicameral legislature with proportional representation under the population of each state.

In turn, the New Jersey Plan favored smaller states, by proposing an equal representation for each state.

Finally, the Constitution took parts of each plan, by establishing a bicameral Congress, with one chamber organized under the Virginia Plan (House of Representatives), and other organized under the New Jersey Plan (Senate).