It was May 31, 1787, and several delegates from the newly formed U.S were meeting to revise their original Constitution.
I can't wait to meet all the other delegates and for Randolph to present our Virginia Plan!
Hi, I'm James Madison from Virginia and I want us to all be well, I even helped write the Virginia Plan!
I'm delegate Paterson from New Jersey and I will present the New Jersey Plan.
I, John Hancock, head of Congress, declare this meeting begun!
Hello, I'm Edmund Randolph, and this is the Virginia Plan. Congress is going to be made up of two houses, both with representatives based on population.
I agree to it!
That isn't fair! Who would agree to that?
Listen, Virginia has the most people out of all the states, we need to be able to speak out for each and every one of them!
Well, guess what? Virginia is just another state, and Virginia is just one state, like New Jersey!
I don't care what haystack I'm sitting on, but I do care that my state is going to get outvoted in situations like this is we follow Randolph's plan!
You do realize that you're sitting on a haystack, right? And you also do realize that that haystack came from Virginia, right?