Shortly after the convention convened, Governor Edmund Randolph presented the Virginia Plan that called for radical reforms. |
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The Virginia Plan also proposed an amending process and contained provisions for admitting new states. |
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The Virginia plan relies upon oversight capabilities of the Virginia Council on the Environment to assure sound implementation. |
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The New Jersey plan was, however, decisively rejected, so that the Convention necessarily did no more than elaborate on the Virginia plan. |
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The Virginia Plan is striking because it essentially proposes to give the national government the power to act in cases where the states face collective action problems. |
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For the most part, then, the Virginia Plan was refined and enlarged but contained most of its initial structure after the first two weeks of debate. |
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The New Jersey plan was put forward in response to the Virginia Plan. |
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