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Back to SearchWashington's First Term - The Emergence of Political Parties
Season 16 Episode 7
We detail the emergence of political parties from Washington's own cabinet.
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Washington's First Term - The Bank Wars
Season 16 Episode 6
Secretary Hamilton moves to create the Bank of the United States, in pushing so hard, the national divide over the issue marks the creation of politi…
4 months, 4 weeks ago
Washington's First Term - The Debt Assumption Fight
Season 16 Episode 5
America still is buried by the accumulation of debt from the revolutionary war. Secretary of Treasury Hamilton has a plan.
5 months ago
Washington's First Term - The People's Shield
Season 16 Episode 4
We cover the story of the ratification of the Bill of Rights
5 months, 1 week ago
Washington's First Term - The Establishment of the Third Branch
Season 16 Episode 3
We cover the creation of the court system and the earliest history of the Supreme Court.
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Washington's First Term - Building The Machinery
Season 16 Episode 2
President Washington selects his cabinet and sets the precedent on how cabinet meetings work.
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Washington's First Term - The Election of 1789
Season 16 Episode 1
This wasn't really an election... not in the way we think of elections today. This was more like... a coronation by consensus.
6 months ago
Ratification - Virginia
Season 15 Episode 5
We move to Virginia, whose ratification will complete the supermajority required for ratification of the Constitution of the United States of America…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Ratification - Massachusetts
Season 15 Episode 4
We turn to the debates in the Massachusetts ratification convention.
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Ratification - Pennsylvania
Season 15 Episode 3
The first major convention starts in Philadelphia with mobs forcing a vote for the date. Everyone knows, so goes Pennsylvania so goes the small state…
7 months ago