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.
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3. Resolved that a national Government ought to be established consisting of a supreme Legislative, Executive & Judiciary.[+e675190] [+e675203]
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2. Resolved [+e675203]therefore [+e675203 -e675209]that the rights of suffrage in the National Legislat[+e675203]not [+e675212]ure ou[+e675203]ght to be pr[+e675203 -e675212] and not [+e675210 -e675212]according to the present system[+e675210]oportioned[+e675203] to the Quotas of contribution, or to the number of free inhabitants, as the one or the other rule may seem best in different cases[+e675203 -e675209].[+e675203]