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The vote in Virginia was so important because Virginia was a large and powerful state and if Virginia rejected the pact, New York and the other remaining states might do so too.

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The Virginia Plan, also know as the large state plan, was introduced by Virginia's Governor Edmund Randolph. It was a proposal to correct and improve the Articles of Confederation. He proposed that the new national legislature consist of two chambers. The lower house was to be elected according to each state's population. The lower house would then elect the upper house. His planned called for the legislature to chose a national executive. Randolph proposed that a national judiciary be established. His most controversial proposal was that any laws the Congress passed would supersede any and all laws passed by state governments. National laws would be enforced by military use if needed.

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Patrick Henry spoke his famous line, "Give me liberty or give me death!" There....

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