But there was a problem of how to do this and build a stronger central government despite the common vision and status of the delegates. Delegates to the Philadelphia Convention planned to create a powerful national government capable of addressing the major problems of the period, from the external issues of international relations and trade to the domestic issues of sound money and debt repayment. The most influential of the delegates to the Philadelphia Convention was James Madison who proposed the Virginia Plan. The Virginia Plan envisioned a strong central government with 3 defining elements: national supremacy over state sovereignty, a strong central government that has a close relationship with the people that allows them to vote, and a central government with 3 branches (bicameral legislature, executive e
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