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Virginia Plan

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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VIRGINIA PLAN

ALSO KNOWN AS THE RANDOLPH PLAN
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VIRGINIA PLAN

  • was a proposal by Virginia delegates for
  • a bicameral legislative branch
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THE PLAN

  • was drafted by James Madison
  • while he waited for a quorum to assemble
  • at the Constitutional Convention of 1787.
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THE VIRGINIA PLAN

  • was notable for its role in setting
  • the overall agenda for debate in the
  • Convention and, in particular, for
  • setting forth the idea of population-weighted
  • representation in the proposed national legislature.
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VIRGINIA PLAN WAS

  • Created May 29, 1787
  • Location National Archives
  • Author(s) James Madison
  • Purpose Propose a structure of government
  • To the Philadelphia Convention
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