DEFINITION of 'Grant-In-Aid'. A transfer of money from the federal government to a state government, local government or individual person for the purposes of funding a specific project or program. The federal government gets this money from income tax revenues. Grant money is not a loan, and does not have to be repaid, but it does have to be spent according to the federal government's guidelines for that particular grant.
How did the economy and labor system in Virginia and other southern colonies change? In the Virginia colony, tobacco as a cash crop changed the economic  system by requiring more slaves to meet demand. The economy changed  into a plantation economy where onlâ¦y a few cash crops were grown.  Cotton, sugar cane, tobacco, and rice were the cash crops that  provided the wealth for the southern colonies.
The Virginia Plan. The Constitutional Convention was tasked with proposing amendments to the Articles of Confederation which would make it a more workable plan for national government. Though the final product of the Convention was a replacement for the Articles, the first proposal was presented as a series of changes to the Articles. The list of changes was drafted by James Madison and presented to the Convention by the governor of Virgina, Edmund Randolph. It became known as the Virginia Plan. It was presented to the Convention on May 29, 1787. Also of interest are Charles Pinckney's Plan, the New Jersey Plan, and the British Plan.