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  2. Virginia Plan - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 25 February 2025. Planned structure of the U.S. Constitution Virginia Plan Front side of the Virginia Plan 1787 Created May 29, 1787 Location National Archives Author(s) James Madison Purpose Propose a structure of government to the Philadelphia Convention Full text Virginia Plan at Wikisource The ...

  3. Athenian democracy - Wikipedia

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    Under these reforms, the boule (a council of 400 members, with 100 citizens from each of Athens's four tribes) ran daily affairs and set the political agenda. [13] The Areopagus, which formerly took on this role, remained but thereafter carried on the role of "guardianship of the laws". [ 17 ]

  4. The Transformation of Virginia, 1740–1790 - Wikipedia

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    The Transformation of Virginia, 1740–1790 is a 1982 nonfiction book by Australian historian Rhys Isaac, published by the University of North Carolina Press.The book describes the religious and political changes over a half-century of Virginian history, particularly the shift from "the great cultural metaphor of patriarchy" to a greater emphasis on communalism. [1]

  5. Athenian Revolution - Wikipedia

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    In 753 BCE the perpetual archonship by the Eupatridae [3] were limited to 10 year terms (the "decennial archons"). [4] After 683 BCE the offices were held for only a single year. [5] Bust of Solon, democratic reformer in Athenian Antiquity. By the 7th century BCE, social unrest had become widespread, as Athens suffered a land and agrarian crisis.

  6. History of the United States Constitution - Wikipedia

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    Although the New Jersey Plan only survived three days as a proposal, it served as an important alternative to the Virginia Plan. [37] Substantial elements of the New Jersey Plan were eventually adopted. [j] The articles were "revised, corrected and enlarged" for good government and preservation of the Union. The Senate is elected by the states ...

  7. First Families of Virginia - Wikipedia

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    The ties among Virginia families were based on marriage. In a pre-Revolutionary War economy dependent on the production of tobacco as a commodity crop, the ownership of the best land was tightly controlled. It often passed between families of corresponding social rank. The Virginia economy was based on slave labor as the colony became a slave ...

  8. School board in Virginia votes to restore Confederate names

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    The education board for a rural Virginia county voted early on Friday to restore the names of Confederate generals stripped from two schools in 2020, making the mostly white, Republican district ...

  9. Solon - Wikipedia

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    Solon (Ancient Greek: Σόλων; c. 630 – c. 560 BC) [1] was an archaic Athenian statesman, lawmaker, political philosopher, and poet.He is one of the Seven Sages of Greece and credited with laying the foundations for Athenian democracy.