nedryun | February 23, 2009

Ned Ryun continues his series on the Constitutional Convention.
In this Episode:

James Madison, the Father of the Constitution, Part II.
Madison in the House of Representatives.
Madison, Patrick Henry and the Bill of Rights.
Madison, Thomas Jefferson and the Democratic-Republicans.
Madison as Secretary of State.
The Madison Presidency and post-presidential life.

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Tags: Alexander Hamilton, Anti-Federalists, Bank of the United States, Bill of Rights, Charles Coatsworth Pinckney, Democratic-Republican Party, Dolly Madison, Federalist Papers, Federalist Party, France, George Washington, Great Britain, James Madison, Jay Treaty, Montpelier, Napoleon Bonaparte, Patrick Henry, Roger Sherman, Secretary of State, Thomas Jefferson, Virginia, War of 1812

nedryun | February 17, 2009

Ned Ryun continues his series on the Constitutional Convention.
In this Episode:

James Madison, the Father of the Constitution, Part I.
Madison’s formative years.
Madison’s study of republics and his criticism of the Articles of Confederation.
Madison’s notes on the Constitution.
Madison’s role in the Federalist Papers.
Madison, his home state of Virginia and his dealings with rival Patrick [...]

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Tags: Alexander Hamilton, Annapolis Convention, Anti-Federalists, Articles of Confederation, Church of England, College of New Jersey, Confederation Congress, Declaration of Religions Freedom, Dolly Madison, Edmund Randolph, Federalist Papers, Federalists, George Washington, History of the Constitutional Convention, House of Representatives, James Madison, John Jay, John Witherspoon, Mount Vernon Conference, Notes on the Constitutional Convention, Patrick Henry, Phillip Freneau, Publius, U.S. Constitution, Virginia, Virginia Plan

nedryun | February 9, 2009

Ned Ryun continues his series on the Constitutional Convention.
In this Episode:

Discussions of trade and commerce between Virginia and Maryland regarding the Potomac River at the Mount Vernon Conference.
The formation of the Potomac Company.
Interstate Commerce meeting at the Annapolis Convention.
Question of the adequacy of the Articles of Convention.
The proposal of a new convention [...]

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Tags: Alexander Henderson, Annapolis Convention, Articles of Confederation, Charles Pinckney, Confederation Congress, Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer, Edmund Randolph, George Mason, George Washington, James Madison, Maryland, Mount Vernon Conference, Patrick Henry, Philadephia Convention, Potomac Company, Potomac River, Samuel Chase, Thomas Johnson, Thomas Stone, Virginia

nedryun | February 2, 2009

Ned Ryun continues his series on the Constitutional Convention.
In this Episode:

The challenges of the Articles of Confederation (continued from last week).
Tension between the Confederation Congress and the state legislatures.
Early foreign policy concerns.
Interstate commerce, tariffs, currency, and internal strife.
Founding era demographics and ways of life.

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Tags: Alexander Hamilton, Articles of Confederation, Barbary Pirates, Confederation Congress, Currency, Demographics, George Washington, Great Britain, Henry Knox, Interstate Commerce, James Madison, James Wilkinson, Samuel Adams, Spain, Tariffs, The Revolutionary War, Treaty of Paris