William Paterson, a delegate from New Jersey, proposed the Small States Plan or New Jersey Plan, to provide equal representation to the states regardless of size. The larger states favored the Virginia Plan, which allocated representation on the basis of population. The large and small states compromised by using the Virginia Plan as a model for the House of Representatives and the New Jersey Plan as a model for the US Senate.
In 1787 Washington's concerns about the disintegration of the nation prompted him to serve as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. He presided over the convention, and his support was key to ratification of the newly proposed Constitution.
There were 55 delegates at the Constitutional Convention in 1787.Most of the delegates were lawyers, merchants, or planters.Of those, there were only 39 who signed the Constitution on September 17, 1787. Also signing was the Convention's secretary, William Jackson.
This answer is from my history book. The Virginia Plan is "a plan proposed by Edmund Randolph, a delegate to the Constitutional Convention in 1787, that proposed a government with three branches and a two house legislature in which representation would be based on a state's population or wealth."
It was decided in the constitutional convention.
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The Annapolis Convention of 1786 issued a report, written by Alexander Hamilton, proposing a Constitutional Convention.
The Annapolis Convention of 1786 proposed calling the Constitutional Convention, which took place in Philadelphia from May 25 through September 17 of 1787.
William Paterson proposed the New Jersey Plan to the Constitutional Convention in 1787.
An amendment to the Constitution can be proposed in two ways; either through Congress or through a Constitutional Convention.
The Annapolis Convention of 1786 issued a report, written by Alexander Hamilton, proposing a Constitutional Convention.
Edmund Randolph proposed it, but James Madison wrote most of it.James Madison drafted the Virginia plan of representation at the Constitutional Convention of 1787. Virginia governor Edmund Randolph is the person who officially placed the proposal to the convention.Edmund randolphI guess that depends on what you mean by proposed. The plan was drafted by delegate James Madison, as part of a committee, but he was likely the main impetus. However, delegate Edmund Randolph that officially put it before the convention. It was presented on May 29, 1787.
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