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 Feb 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 Feb 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 Feb 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 Jan 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 Jan 13min
Road to The Constitution - The Virginia Plan
The convention begins with the unveiling of the, which was to the shock of many, an outline for a new government.
12 Jan 10min
Road to The Constitution - The Federal Convention
In May 1787, the Federal Convention begins to assemble in Philidelphia.
5 Jan 7min
A Failed Nation - The Wedge
We discuss the bitter negations for a Spanish trade treaty and how the Philidelphia convention eventually got support.
15 Dec 202511min
