At the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Madison drafted the plan presented by Virginia Governor Randolph, and William Patterson of _______ presented a plan that was similar to the Articles of Confederation.
Virginia and New Jersey
This was not an issue presented at the Constitutional Convention in 1787 in Philadelphia. It was an issue that came about later and was resolved with the 3/5 compromise. Each slave was counted as 3/5 a person for census/taxation purposes. Good Luck!
The Connecticut Compromise -Apex
The goal was to strengthen the national government and to limit its power.
The Virginia plan
On 25th May, 1787 George Washington was elected chairman of Philadelphia convention. This was the first order of business of the convention. The main business on the convention's agenda was "Virginia plan" presented by Governor of Virginia Edmund Randolph. It dealt with new structure of government.
The Virginia Plan is the plan presented by the larger states at the constitutional convention of 1787. It recommended a consolidated national government. Theories from the following philosophers were used in this plan: John Locke, Montesquieu, and Edward Coke.
The New Jersey Plan, The Virginia Plan, and the Great Compromise! :)
New Jersey Plan
The author of the Virginia Plan was James Madison. Edmund Randolph was the man who presented the plan to the Constitutional Convention.
This answer needs some explanation. The US Constitution was not "adopted" by the "continental congress." By that time there no longer was a "continental congress" in the same form as the one that had adopted the Declaration Of Independence. There was a "Congress" under the Articles of Confederation and it authorized the formation of a "Constitutional Convention" to revise the Articles of Confederation on February 21, 1787. On September 17, 1787, the Constitutional Convention adopted the final form of the US Constitution, presented it to Congress and recommended its ratification by the states. on September 28, 1787, Congress directed that the proposed Constitution be sent to the legislatures of each state so that they could form their own Constitutional Conventions for the purposes of ratifying the Constitution.