nedryun | September 8, 2009

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

The task of passing a Bill of Rights is undertaken.
Alexander Hamilton writes in favor in Federalist 84.
Federalists use the Bill of Rights to gain support from Anti-Federalists.
Bill of Rights inspired by John Locke, Virginia Declaration of Rights, English Declaration of Rights, among others.
The five Great [...]

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Tags: Alexander Hamilton, Anti-Federalists, Bill of Rights, Double Jeopardy, Eighth Amendment, English Declaration of Rights, Federalist 84, Federalist Papers, Federalists, Fifth Amendment, First Amendment, Fourth Amendment, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Petition, Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press, George Mason, James Madison, James Wilson, John Locke, Magna Carta, Natural Rights, Ninth Amendment, Patrick Henry, Quartering, Right to Bear Arms, Right to Counsel, Right to Speedy Trial, Roger Sherman, Search and Seizure, Second Amendment, Self Incrimination, Seventh Amendment, Sixth Amendment, State and Local Government, Tenth Amendment, The Revolutionary War, Third Amendment, Trial by Jury, Virginia, Virginia Declaration of Rights, William Vining

nedryun | August 31, 2009

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

The Ratification Debates continue.
Massachusetts ratifies based on the leading of Samuel Adams and John Hancock and support for a Bill of Rights.
Maryland ratifies despite Luther Martin’s opposition.
South Carolina ratifies, while North Carolina remains an Anti-Federalist stronghold.
New Hampshire becomes the ninth state to ratify, fulfilling the [...]

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Tags: Alexander Hamilton, Anti-Federalists, Benjamin Harrison, Bill of Rights, Caleb Strong, Edmund Randolph, Elbridge Gerry, Federalists, George Clinton, George Mason, George Washington, Henry Knox, James Madison, James Monroe, John Adams, John Hancock, John Jay, John Lansing Jr., John Marshall, Kentucky Territory, Luther Martin, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi River, Mount Vernon, Nathaniel Gorham, New Hampshire, New York, New York City, North Carolina, Patrick Henry, President, Rhode Island, Richard Henry Lee, Robert Yates, Roger Sherman, Rufus King, Samuel Adams, Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of War, Senate, Shays' Rebellion, South Carolina, Thomas Jefferson, Vice President, Virginia, Washington D.C., We the People, We the States

nedryun | July 28, 2009

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

The  final debates at the Constitutional Convention center on signing questions.
Elbridge Gerry, George Mason and Edmund Randolph all voice displeasure with the document and refuse to sign.
A committee on style is formed to write the Constitution.
A Bill of Rights is proposed and debated, but soundly [...]

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Tags: Alexander Hamilton, Articles of Confederation, Benjamin Franklin, Bill of Rights, Charles Coatsworth Pinckney, Committee on Style, Declaration of Independence, Edmund Randolph, Elbridge Gerry, George Mason, George Washington, Gouverneur Morris, House of Representatives, James Madison, James Wilson, John Dickinson, Luther Martin, Nathaniel Gorham, Patrick Henry, President, Ratification Debates, Roger Sherman, Rufus King, Senate, Slavery, State Declaration of Rights, Thomas Jefferson, U.S. Constitution, William Samuel Johnson

nedryun | June 15, 2009

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

The life of Roger Sherman, signer of America’s first four founding documents.
Sherman lives the typical American life beginning as a cobbler and ending as a national statesman.
Sherman’s political and legal career in Connecticut.
Sherman’s role in the Continental Congress and in drafting the Declaration of Independence.
Colleagues [...]

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Tags: Articles of Association, Articles of Confederation, Benjamin Franklin, Bill of Rights, Connecticut, Connecticut Compromise, Connecticut General Assembly, Connecticut State Senate, Continental Congress, Declaration of Independence, Elizabeth Hartwell, Fisher Aimes, Great Compromise, House of Representatives, John Adams, John Witherspoon, Jonathan Edwards, Jonathan Trumbull, Judiciary Act, Oliver Ellsworth, Paper Money, Philadelphia, Rebekah Prescot, Roger Sherman, Samuel Dunbar, Slavery, Thomas Jefferson, Treaty of Paris, U.S. Constitution, William Livingston, William Paterson, William Pierce, William Samuel Johnson, Yale College

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