The virginia plan for the federal government "? " favored by larger states which phrase best completes this diagram? the answer is b. called for each state's representatives in congress to be based on population size. (apex)

The answer is correct. The Virginia plan for the federal government called for each state's representatives in Congress to be based on population size.

The Virginia plan was a proposal from the Virginia state delegates presented and adjudicated during the Philadelphia Convention of 1787.

It tended to favor the larger states by proposing a bicameral parliament, whose members were divided proportionally to the population of each state, whose powers were very strong, including the power of veto to the legislation of individual states; an executive branch appointed by the parliament; and a federal court composed of irremovable judges.

it was certainly a debatable decision, mainly because it was based primarily on political - and not on legal or social - views. since the congress at that time was led by members of the republican party, and the territory that the tribes wanted to turn into an exclusively indian state was predominantly democratic, the proposal (as expressed in the constitution) did not succeed, but the constitution itself proved to be of crucial importance in the creation of the state of oklahoma, and, most importantly, it guaranteed the involvement of representatives of the indian tribes in the government of the future joint state.  

as a member of congress, i would have voted to ratify the constitution, or at least to have it tabled. ignoring it was an interested and partial decision.