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Back to SearchRoad to The Constitution - Committee of detail
Season 14 Episode 7
The convention settles on the Sherman compromise for the legislature and take up the issue of slavery. Washington will form a committee of detail to …
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Road to The Constitution - Disillusion
Season 14 Episode 6
The convention begins to breakdown, delegates threaten each other, and cannot find compromises on distribution of voting power
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Road to The Constitution - The New Jersey Plan
Season 14 Episode 5
The opposition unveils their own plan, and we see the factions of the federalists and anti-federalists break into the open.
7 months ago
Road to The Constitution - Fractures
Season 14 Episode 4
The convention starts tackling the composition of the legislative branch. Fractures begin to appear as the convection gets closer to discussing appro…
7 months, 1 week ago
Road to The Constitution - The Whole of the People?
Season 14 Episode 3
The convention will discuss the makeup of the legislative bodies House/Senate while avoiding the truly contentious topic of the allocation of the vot…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Road to The Constitution - The Virginia Plan
Season 14 Episode 2
The convention begins with the unveiling of the, which was to the shock of many, an outline for a new government.
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Road to The Constitution - The Federal Convention
Season 14 Episode 1
In May 1787, the Federal Convention begins to assemble in Philidelphia.
7 months, 4 weeks ago
A Failed Nation - The Wedge
Season 13 Episode 11
We discuss the bitter negations for a Spanish trade treaty and how the Philidelphia convention eventually got support.
8 months, 2 weeks ago
A Failed Nation - Westward
Season 13 Episode 10
We discuss the westward immigration and the tensions with native nations and European powers out west.
8 months, 3 weeks ago
A Failed Nation - Rebellion
Season 13 Episode 9
We cover Shey's rebellion and how Massachusetts was brought back into order.
9 months ago