Fifteen.
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12 states are smaller than tennese
48 states are smaller than Colorado.
The smaller states opposed the Virginia Plan due to issues Federalism and representation. Many of them were anti-Federalist, and they worried that states with larger populations would hold all the power.
Yes, West Virginia is smaller than Pennsylvania. MUCH smaller to be honest.
There are 33 states that, in terms of area, are smaller than South Dakota.
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Seventeen.
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Smaller than Virginia.
Illinois is the 25th largest of the 50 states, so there are 25 smaller ones.
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According to the Virginia Plan, states with a large population would have more representatives than smaller states. Large states supported this plan, while smaller states generally opposed it. Under the New Jersey Plan, the unicameral legislature with one vote per state was inherited from the Articles of Confederation.