The Constitutional Convention gathered in Independence Hall on May 25, 1787. On May 29 Governor Edmund Randolph introduces the Virginia Plan to the delegates, and the Convention begins with a bang. The Virginia Plan was the brainchild of James Madison and pertained to the representation of the states in the Senate. It called for an upper and lower house with the representatives from both houses selected in such a way that the states would have proportional representation. This proportion was ... seems like a "Great Defeat" by the larger states. The smaller states believed they should have equ...

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