Virginia Plan
CLEP American Government, Chapter 3 Virginia Plan Edmund Randolph introduced the Virginia Plan near the beginning of the Convention, drawing heavily on ideas associated with James Madison and the Virginia delegation. It proposed a national government with legislative, executive, and judicial institutions rather than a modest repair of the Confederation Congress. The national legislature would […]
Major disputes at the convention
CLEP American Government, Chapter 3 Major disputes at the convention The delegates shared a diagnosis more readily than a solution. Under the Articles, Congress could not impose ordinary national taxes, depended heavily on states to carry out national decisions, and lacked separate executive and judicial institutions. Trade disputes and interstate rivalry exposed the cost of […]
