"The Excess of Democracy": Rebroadcast
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The Founding Fathers
James madison was one of the few founding fathers to actually attend every session of the convention. He wrote what becomes known as the virginia plan, a template for the discussions in philadelphia. His ideas on the virginiaPlan became kind of the nucleus of that that other guys built on and e kno, that they talked about. The articles were radically democratic; many states had lowered their property requirements so up to 80% of white voters could cast ballots.
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