Origins and Ideologies of the American Revolution

The Constitutional Convention (1x36)

Air date: Apr 06, 2022

Leaders from the states gathered in Philadelphia to craft a new government in 1787. They had learned much during the process of writing state constitutions and hoped to establish a more effective central government. They struggled with the notion of how to represent the states as well as the people and how state governments could coexist with a powerful national government.