At the Constitutional Convention, Delegate Edmund J. Randolph, of the Commonwealth of Virginia, proposes the “Virginia Plan”: a bicameral legislature, with both houses apportioned by wealth or population; and veto over State legislation by the central government. The plan is defeated by the smaller States.
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Authority:
Articles of Confederation, Article XIII
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References:
Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 40.
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