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A 4 page paper which discusses issues and resolutions at the Constitutional Convention of 1787. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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existed before the ratification of this work, "it was a nation held together by the tenuous threads of the Articles of Confederation, a sometimes contentious, and often ineffectual national government"
(Constitutional Topic: The Constitutional Convention, 2005). The following paper examines two important issues, discusses the compromise that resolved one of the issues, and then discusses other compromises achieved. Two
Primary Issues and the Key Compromise The first issue to be discussed is James Madison and the Virginia Plan. As would be expected, the interests of this particular plan were
those that involved much of Virginia, a very heavy player in the role of the Constitution. It was, however, also a plan that involved economic concerns: "From his point of
view, there were a few main problems with the Confederation. The states were under no obligation to pay their fair share of the national budget; they violated international treaties with
abandon; they ran roughshod over the authority of the Congress; and they violated each others rights incessantly" (Constitutional Topic: The Constitutional Convention, 2005). His plan was to set up the
government as a republic (Constitutional Topic: The Constitutional Convention, 2005). While there were those who argued against some of his ideas, delegates from Virginia met and eventually came to agreements
wherein there would be two houses in the government, the lower house being elected by the people and the upper house elected by the lower house. "Formation of a judiciary,
with life-terms of service. The executive and some of the national judiciary would have the power to veto legislation, subject to override" and national veto capabilities over any states legislation
(Constitutional Topic: The Constitutional Convention, 2005). The next issue was Sherman and the Connecticut (Great) Compromise. This compromise related to the previous plan as "the small states would never agree
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