Grand Convention at Philadelphia, May to September, 1787, Quill Project 2021 Edition.
Committee consisting of all delegates to the Convention.
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Committee convened, first two resolutions of Virginia Plan considered. The form of a national government and how to determine representation debated.
[Virginia Plan as Amended by Committee of the Whole House]
1. Resolved that a Union of the States merely federal will not accomplish the objects proposed by the articles of Confederation, namely common defence, security of liberty, & general welfare.
3. Resolved that a national Government ought to be established consisting of a supreme Legislative, Executive & Judiciary.