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The Convention Begins
At the beginning of the convention the delegates agreed that "nothing
spoken in this House be printed or otherwise published." The delegates
expected heated debate and did not want these disagreements to
influence whether or not the new form of government would be
accepted or rejected.
Once the meetings started it was overwhelmingly clear, even to those
that opposed a strong central government, that a stronger
was needed to hold the nation together.
The Virginia Plan
On May 29, Virginia governor
Virginia Plan on Behalf of
presented the
The plan called for a strong national government with three branches:
-makes laws
-carries out laws
- determines if the laws are fair
The plan also called for a
legislature (Senate and House of
representatives). The number of representatives in each house would
be based on population. Larger states would have more representation
(POWER),
