EMERGENCE OF USA
FOUNDATION OF AMERICAN COLONIES
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to solve the problems of the Articles of Confederation
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to follow the model provided by the Virginia legislature
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to replace the Articles of Confederation
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to consult with French scholar Montesquieu to resolve questions about the nature of government
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Detailed explanation-1: -James Madison proposed the Virginia Plan, which called for a bicameral legislature in which representation would be based on population. The larger states supported this plan, because it would accord them greater representation based on their more numerous populations.
Detailed explanation-2: -This document shows that the Constitutional Convention had decided to meet again, on May 14, 1787. When James Madison and the other 56 delegates to the Constitutional Convention met in Philadelphia in May 1787, they intended to amend the Articles of Confederation.
Detailed explanation-3: -Concern about the Articles of Confederation The states’ disputes over territory, war pensions, taxation, and trade threatened to tear the young country apart. Alexander Hamilton helped convince Congress to organize a Grand Convention of state delegates to work on revising the Articles of Confederation.
Detailed explanation-4: -In Federalist #20, James Madison compares the United States under the Articles of Confederation to the Netherlands (aka the Dutch Confederacy).
Detailed explanation-5: -The need for a stronger Federal government soon became apparent and eventually led to the Constitutional Convention in 1787. The present United States Constitution replaced the Articles of Confederation on March 4, 1789.