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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 11 December 2024. Planned structure of the U.S. Constitution Virginia Plan Front side of the Virginia Plan 1787 Created May 29, 1787 Location National Archives Author(s) James Madison Purpose Propose a structure of government to the Philadelphia Convention Full text Virginia Plan at Wikisource The ...
The Committee of Detail was a committee established by the United States Constitutional Convention on July 24, 1787 to put down a draft text reflecting the agreements made by the convention up to that point, including the Virginia Plan's 15 resolutions. The convention adjourned from July 26 to August 6 to await their report.
Edmund Jennings Randolph (August 10, 1753 – September 12, 1813) was a Founding Father of the United States, attorney, and the seventh Governor of Virginia.As a delegate from Virginia, he attended the Constitutional Convention and helped to create the national constitution while serving on its Committee of Detail.
Madison proposed the Virginia Plan, which would give representation in Congress according to total population, including a proportion of slaves. Virginia was the most populous state, and it was allowed to count all of its white residents and 3/5 of the enslaved African Americans for its congressional representation and its electoral vote.
Edmund Randolph proposed the Virginia Plan, written by James Madison, on May 29, 1787. The Virginia Plan called for membership in two houses of the national legislature to be allocated to each state proportional to its population. [5] A significant debate arose on proportional representation following the introduction of the Virginia Plan. [6]
The Virginia Company was an English trading company chartered by King James I on 10 April 1606 with the objective of colonizing the eastern coast of America. The coast was named Virginia , after Elizabeth I , and it stretched from present-day Maine to the Carolinas .
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