Randolph Plan

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The Randolph Plan, better known as the Virginia Plan, was a proposal introduced at the 1787 Constitutional Convention that advocated for a strong national government with a bicameral legislature based on population.

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instanceOf constitutional proposal
plan for government
advocated bicameral legislature
strong national government
aimedToReplace Articles of Confederation
alsoKnownAs Virginia Plan
category Proposals of the Philadelphia Convention
United States constitutional history
contrastedWith New Jersey Plan
countryContext United States of America
surface form: United States
favored large states
hasComponent fifteen resolutions (original form)
historicalEra Founding of the United States
influenced United States Constitution
structure of U.S. Congress
inspiredCompromise Great Compromise
surface form: Connecticut Compromise
introducedAt Constitutional Convention
surface form: Constitutional Convention of 1787
introducedBy Edmund Randolph
introducedInCity Philadelphia
introducedInYear 1787
legislatureRepresentationBasedOn financial contributions
population
opposedBy small states
proposedBranch executive branch
judicial branch
legislative branch
proposedByDelegation Virginia delegation
proposedExecutiveSelectionBy national legislature
proposedJudiciarySelectionBy national legislature
proposedLegislatureType lower house elected by the people
upper house chosen by lower house
supportedPrinciple national supremacy
separation of powers

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Virginia Plan alsoKnownAs Randolph Plan