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The Virginia Plan Presented In 1787 By Edmund Randolph

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The Virginia plan presented in 1787 by Edmund Randolph was one option on how the United States should be governed. Their key points were for Congress to have 2 houses and for representation to be based on population. Another option was the New Jersey plan which was presented by William Paterson in the same year. This was to oppose the Virginia plan because not everyone agreed with what was written. The Virginia plan was a very interesting proposal to read. The two things that I found surprising about the plan were in section 2 and 11. Section 2 said, “therefore that the rights of suffrage in the National Legislature ought to be proportioned to the Quotas of contribution, or to the number of free inhabitants, as the one or the other rule may
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