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Mar 2018
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15: “We the People:” Constitution Making...

PROF. GREG JACKSON
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“What even is the Virginia Plan but democracy checked by democracy, or pork with a little change of the sauce?”This is the story of 55 men from 12 of the 13 sovereign states gathered at the Pennsylvania State House during the miserably hot Philadelphian summer of 1787. They are here to discuss the failing Articles of Confederation. Foreign debts are past due ... Show More
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