Ratification - Introduction
Without records of all of the debates, I give the context of the materials we will cover in this season.
16 Maalis 10min
The Constitution of the United States of America
The completed constitution of the Unite States of America.
2 Maalis 27min
Road to The Constitution - Rising Sun
The Philadelphia convention will close with a draft of a new American constitution.
23 Helmi 13min
Road to The Constitution - Committee of detail
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 draw up all of the points agreed to into a new docu...
16 Helmi 9min
Road to The Constitution - Disillusion
The convention begins to breakdown, delegates threaten each other, and cannot find compromises on distribution of voting power
9 Helmi 10min
Road to The Constitution - The New Jersey Plan
The opposition unveils their own plan, and we see the factions of the federalists and anti-federalists break into the open.
2 Helmi 9min
Road to The Constitution - Fractures
The convention starts tackling the composition of the legislative branch. Fractures begin to appear as the convection gets closer to discussing appropriations of votes and power in the proposed federa...
26 Tammi 12min
Road to The Constitution - The Whole of the People?
The convention will discuss the makeup of the legislative bodies House/Senate while avoiding the truly contentious topic of the allocation of the votes of the states
19 Tammi 13min
