James Madison's Contribution To The Constitution

The famous Virginia plan was drafted by James Madison, and presented by the Virginia representative to the Constituent Assembly at 1787. James Madison was borned in the South large plantation family. He engaged in the war of independence at a youth age was a great American statesmen and the Funding Father. He was also the fourth president of the United States. James Madison have done many contributions to his country. As for today, when people mention him always with full of the respect. He wrote The Federalist Papers, along with John Jay and Alexander Hamilton. The Federalist Papers was considering his major contribution to the ratification of the Constitution. James Madison was also referred to as the "Father of the Constitution” in later
“The Virginia Plan proposed a strong central government composed of three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial” (ourdocuments.gov). “This was a proposal for a new form of government and called for the number of votes each state received in Congress to be based on population rather than each state receiving one vote. The purpose of the plan was to protect the large states' interests in the new government, which would be stronger federally than under the Articles of Confederation” (Study.com). It also detailed in Voices of a People's History of the United States, “however the republic may be, the representatives must be raised to a certain number, in order to guard against the cables of a few’ and that, however large it may be, they must be limited to a certain number, in order to guard against the confusion of a multitude” (112). This plan had a Worldwide influence and it works until nowadays. The Virginia Plan was published at National Archives and Records Administration which is an “independent agency of the United States government charged with preserving and documenting government and historical records and with increasing public access to those documents, which comprise the National Archives”