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  1. Overview: U.S. Constitutional Convention 1787 (2021 Edition)
  2. Full Record: U.S. Constitutional Convention 1787 (2021 Edition)
  3. Committee:Committee of the Whole House
  4. Session: 1787-05-30 10:00:00
  5. Event type: CREATE

U.S. Constitutional Convention 1787 (2021 Edition)

Grand Convention at Philadelphia, May to September, 1787, Quill Project 2021 Edition.

Committee of the Whole House

Committee consisting of all delegates to the Convention.

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Session 6288: 1787-05-30 10:00:00

Committee convened, first two resolutions of Virginia Plan considered. The form of a national government and how to determine representation debated.

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Virginia Plan (Amended)

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[Virginia Plan as Amended by Committee of the Whole House]

3. Resolved that a national Government ought to be established consisting of a supreme Legislative, Executive & Judiciary.

2. Resolved therefore that the equalityrights of suffrage established byin the Narticles of confederationonal Legislature ought not to prevail into be proportioned to the naQuotas of contributional legislature and that an equitable ratio, or to the number of frepresentatie inhabitants, as the one ought to be substitutedr the other rule may seem best in different cases.

3. Resolved that the national Legislature ought to consist of two branches.

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