While most people recognize that the Constitution created a much more “energetic” system than under the Articles of Confederation, few know that early plans during the convention, like James Madison’s Virginia Plan, would have set up a system much closer to the unlimited power of the British that the revolutionaries fought to free themselves from.
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James Madison – Letter to George Washington (16 Apr 1787)
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The Virginia Plan and the General Welfare Clause
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