MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION THE GREAT COMPROMISE
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Detailed explanation-1: -It describes 2 houses: one with members elected by the people for 3-year terms and the other composed of older leaders elected by the state legislatures for 7-year terms.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -It describes two houses: one with members elected by the people for three-year terms and the other composed of older leaders elected by the state legislatures for seven-year terms.
Detailed explanation-4: -06The Virginia Plan called for a separation of powers in the new US government. 07It also called for a bicameral congress. 08It also included what would become the Good Behavior Clause of the US Constitution. 09The procedures for the admission of new states to the Union also go back to the Virginia Plan.