Which of the following is true of the Virginia and the New Jersey plans that were presented at the Constitutional Convention?

a.
They were alternative plans to admit new territories to the Union.

b.
They illustrated the struggle between states for representation and power in the creation of the new government.

c.
They were attempts to settle the status of enslaved people in the southern states.

d.
They advocated different ways in which federal taxes would be collected by the new government.

e.
They illustrated the conflicts between states with primarily agricultural and commercial economies.