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Ratification - The People's Attention

Season 15 Episode 2

The proposed constitution hit the newspapers, and public figures start taking positions and or writing with pen names to argue their points in the pu…

7 months, 1 week ago

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Ratification - Introduction

Season 15 Episode 1

Without records of all of the debates, I give the context of the materials we will cover in this season.  

7 months, 2 weeks ago

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The Constitution of the United States of America

Season 14 Episode 9

The completed constitution of the Unite States of America.  

7 months, 4 weeks ago

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Road to The Constitution - Rising Sun

Season 14 Episode 8

The Philadelphia convention will close with a draft of a new American constitution.  

8 months, 1 week ago

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Road 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 …

8 months, 2 weeks ago

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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  

8 months, 3 weeks ago

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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. 

8 months, 4 weeks ago

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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…

9 months ago

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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…

9 months, 1 week ago

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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. 

9 months, 2 weeks ago

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