Imagine a United States where a national government holds almost absolute power over the states, with the authority to veto any state law and even send in troops to enforce its will. This was the audacious vision of James Madison, the man we know as the “Father of the Constitution.” But the Constitution we have today is far different from the Virginia Plan he originally drew up.
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Kevin Gutzman – Constituting America Essay
Notes on Ancient and Modern Confederacies, [April–June?] 1786
Vices of the Political System of the U. States (April 1787)
Episode – Tax Battle! Henry vs Hamilton on the requisition system
Episode – Was the Constitution Sold on a Lie? Shays’ Rebellion and Ratification
James Madison – Letter to Thomas Jefferson (19 Mar 1787)
Maharrey – James Madison on the Ignored “Fundamental Principle of the Revolution”
James Madison – Letter to Edmund Randolph (8 Apr 1787)
James Madison – Letter to George Washington (16 Apr 1787)
Episode – Myth Busted! Virginia, Not Congress, Called for the Philadelphia Convention
The Virginia Plan (29 May 1787)
Natelson – The Virginia Plan and the General Welfare Clause
Thomas Jefferson – Letter to James Madison (20 June 1787)
James Madison – Letter to Thomas Jefferson (6 Sept 1787)
James Madison – Letter to Thomas Jefferson (24 Oct 1787)
Thomas Jefferson – Letter to James Madison (20 Dec 1787)
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