The correct answers are:
Option 1: It was weaker than the Virginia Plan because it was more closely modeled on the Articles of Confederation.
Option 2: It was stronger than the Virginia Plan because it mandated that the chief executive be chosen by Congress.
Those are the two conclusions that can be drawn about the New Jersey Plan.
The Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan served as the basis for the Connecticut Compromise.
The New Jersey Plan came from the mind of William Patterson, a delegate from New Jersey who introduced his idea during the Constitutional Convention in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The plan basically proposed the amendment of the Articles of Confederation, a Congress that could collect money through taxation and name an executive to rule the nation. Congress would have just one chamber.
The Virginia plan was proposed by James Madison and included a federal system divided into three branches: an executive, a judicial, and a legislative branch, but divided into two chambers: upper and lower.
The Connecticut plan agreed with what was stated in the Virginia Plan but defined a proportional representation of legislators according to the population in each state.
The concept of a bicameral legislature was accepted and it consisted in an upper chamber or Senate. Each state would have the same number of Senators. The lower chamber was the House of Representatives, the compromise was that each and would have one legislator for every 40,000 inhabitants.
