
Becoming America
You're Dead to Me
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The Constitution of the United States of America
In the 17 eighties, they have the articles of confederation, which are just not really strong and can't really make any state do anything. And then in 17 87 they decide, ye, that didn't quite work, so they call the constitutional convention,. That's when they come up with the constitution that we have to day. Although there will be amendments, of course, because they don't get it right first time. Do you know how many states there are in america at this time? 13. They don't really have much in common, right? Exactly. And that's a big part of the problem. How do you pull these states together? And part of the
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