Grand Convention at Philadelphia, May to September, 1787, Quill Project 2021 Edition.
The main chamber of the Constitutional Convention, consisting of all delegates.
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Committee of the Whole House reported.
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1. Resolved that [+e672446]it is [+e672446 -e672455]the [+e672446]government[+e672455]opinion[+e672446 -e672455] of th[+e672446]e United States[+e672455]is Committee that a national government[+e672446 -e672455] ought to [+e672446]be esta[+e672446 -e672455]b[+e672446 -e672483] [+e672459 -e672483]
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2. Resolved that the [+e672459]national [+e672459 -e737236]Legislature ought to consist of Two [+e672459]B[+e672459 -e672483] [+e672473]
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3. [+e672473]Resolved that the Members of the first branch of the Legislature ought to be elected by the People of the several States[+e672474] for th[+e672482]two[+e672485]one[+e672487]e t[+e672482 -e672485]er[+e672482]m[+e672482 -e672487] of [+e672482]___[+e672483]Three[+e672482 -e672483] years[+e672482].[+e672474] [+e672482 -e672483]ranches. [+e672459]lished [+e672446 -e672455]consist[+e672446]ing[+e672446 -e672455] of a Supreme Legislative, Judiciary, and Executive. [+e672446]