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- American leaders concluded that the articles of confederation needed improvement to preserve unity, therefore they called a convention of 54 delegates and together they revised the articles.
- Gentleman, we are here today to discuss the future of our nation. If we want to keep the peace we need laws that allow us that.
- The Articles of Confederation
- Governor Edmund Randolph presented The Virginia Plan, it was way different from the Articles of Confederation, it introduced the idea of federalism by giving power to the central government instead of the states. Along with this came many mixed emotions that argued if the states would be represented equally or not.
- what about the smaller states' populations...
- The Virginia Plan by James Madison
- I believe we should have a strong central government with representation based on the states' populations. And to balance out the powers we shall impose three branches in our government.
- what a great way to represents our larger states !
- Despite the mixed reactions, the convention ended up accepting the Virginia plan and included it in the constitution.
- I agree !
- I'm afraid I will have to disagree with the plan
- Now gentlemen who agrees with The Virginia Plan?
- I agree !
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