The Virginia Plan | Forgotten Founder

Drafted by James Madison, and presented by Edmund Randolph to the Constitutional Convention on May 29, 1787, the Virginia Plan proposed a strong central government composed of three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial. (National Archives)

Standards

• USG.1.CC Analyze the major debates and compromises underlying the formation and ratification of the Constitution.
• USG.1.IN Interpret founding documents and principles that led to the creation of the American constitutional democracy.