USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The Virginia Plan, drafted by James Madison and introduced to the Convention by Edmund Randolph on May 29, 1787, proposed the creation of a bicameral national legislature, or a legislature consisting of two houses, in which the “rights of suffrage” in both houses would be proportional to the size of the state.

Detailed explanation-3: -…a plan known as the Virginia, or large state, plan, which provided for a bicameral legislature with representation of each state based on its population or wealth.

Detailed explanation-4: -Definition: The Virginia Plan, also known as the Large State Plan or the Randolph Plan, consisted of 15 resolutions. The Virginia Plan proposed a structure of government to the Constitutional Convention that was held between May 25, 1787 and September 17, 1787 at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia.

Detailed explanation-5: -James Madison wrote the Virginia Plan, which called for states with larger populations to have more representation in the government. William Paterson presented the New Jersey Plan, which called for equal representation for every state no matter what the population.