The Virginia Plan was the unofficial agenda for the Convention. The Virginia delegation arrived before the other delegations to Philadelphia and began meeting daily to discuss projects for the new government. All except the first resolution were written by James Madison, and were reported at the Convention by Edmund Randolph. Some, like William Paterson, thought that if too much power was given to the government, or to the larger states, they could destroy the smaller states and take control of the House, and the smaller states would have little influence on future issues. in the country. The New Jersey Plan was largely a response to the Virginia Plan.
