2022年5月10日 · Drafted by James Madison, and presented by Edmund Randolph to the Constitutional Convention on May 29, 1787, the Virginia Plan proposed a strong central government composed of three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial.

The Virginia Plan, presented early on at the convention on May 29, eventually became the foundation of the Constitution of the United States. The original proposition consisted of 15 resolutions and advocated for a strong central government with three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial.

The Virginia Plan (also known as the Randolph Plan or the Large-State Plan) was a proposed plan of government for the United States presented at the Constitutional Convention of 1787. The plan called for the creation of a supreme national government with three branches and a bicameral legislature.

Introduced to the Constitutional Convention in 1787, James Madison’s Virginia Plan outlined a strong national government with three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial. The plan called for a legislature divided into two bodies (the Senate and the House of Representatives) with proportional representation.

The Constitutional Convention was tasked with proposing amendments to the Articles of Confederation which would make it a more workable plan for national government. Though the final product of the Convention was a replacement for the Articles, the first proposal was presented as a series of changes to the Articles.

2020年7月26日 · The Virginia Plan was a proposal drafted by James Madison and discussed at the Constitutional Convention in 1787. The plan called for a bicameral (two-branch) legislature with the number of representatives for each state to be determined by the state's population.

2002年1月10日 · The Federal Convention plunged into its momentous assignment without great delay chiefly because a prepared outline for a new government was ready for the delegates’ consideration—the so-called Virginia Plan.

From May 25 to September 17, 1787, the Federal Convention met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to draft the Constitution of the United States. On May 29, Governor Edmund Randolph, representing the Virginia delegation, presented this outline for a new constitution.

Drafted by James Madison, and presented by Edmund Randolph to the Constitutional Convention on May 29, 1787, the Virginia Plan proposed a strong central government composed of three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial.

On May 29, 1787, the third day of the Constitutional Convention, Virginia Governor Edmund Randolph submitted a proposal for a new form of government. The Virginia Plan, as it became known, was one of several presented to the Convention.