US Constitution
What influenced the drafting of the US constitution?
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22 mins
Learn about the debates that shaped the US Constitution, and the tension between individual rights and governmental authority. Explore how the bill of rights was drafted and the economic inequality that influenced these discussions and impacted citizen representation.
Ep 1:
Forging a Nation, Fighting for Rights
From secret debates in Philadelphia to Jefferson's distant warnings, discover how a reluctant Madison and a persuasive Washington fought to secure the Bill of Rights.
Ep 2:
The Founders' Hidden Fault Lines
Beyond the lofty rhetoric lie economic self-interest, glaring exclusions in the Declaration, and a bitter Jefferson-Adams rivalry over who truly earned America's founding glory.
Discussions (25)
Yale
Level 2 · 9 mo agoAdams was just jealous man
Gregory
Level 8 · 9 mo agoNah saying Jefferson played a minimal role is wrong. He debugged the Constitution from France. (The Bill of Rights was the security update it needed)
Raymond
Level 4 · 8 mo agoJefferson was really in France during the drafting? I thought he wrote the Constitution.
