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So, he drafted a plan for a new national government, which was presented at the convention as "The Virginia Plan" (see table for details).
The Virginia Plan (also known as the Randolph Plan, after its sponsor, or Large-State Plan) was a proposal by Virginia delegates, drafted by James Madison while he waited for a quorum to assemble at the Philadelphia Convention of 1787. The Virginia Plan was notable for its role in...
Variant Texts of the Virginia Plan, Presented by Edmund Randolph to the Federal Convention, May 29, 1787. Text A.
At the National Archives and Records Administration...
19. The fifteen resolutions, constituting the "Virginia Plan," are in Madison's handwriting.
namely. "common defence, security of liberty and general welfare." ... 2. Resd. therefore that the rights of suffrage in the National Legislature ought to be proportioned to the Quotas of contribution, ...
The interests of the larger states were given an airing when Edmund Randolph presented to the Convention a series of proposals (written by James Madison), which came to be known as the Virginia Plan ...
The subject of suffrage in the houses of the legislature proposed in the prevailing Virginia Plan came to a debate on June 9, 1787. Threats to dissolve the Convention, and, indeed, the Union, flew ...
Virginia plan: Definition and Pronunciation...
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