Lecture 23 - Creating a Constitution
recorded by: Yale University
published: Feb. 14, 2013, recorded: March 2011, views: 2648
released under terms of: Creative Commons Attribution No Derivatives (CC-BY-ND)
See Also:
Download yalehist116s2010_freeman_lec23_01.mp4 (Video - generic video source 526.4 MB)
Download yalehist116s2010_freeman_lec23_01.flv (Video 230.0 MB)
Download yalehist116s2010_freeman_lec23_01_640x360_h264.mp4 (Video 137.8 MB)
Download yalehist116s2010_freeman_lec23_01.wmv (Video 207.9 MB)
Download subtitles: TT/XML, RT, SRT
Related content
Report a problem or upload files
If you have found a problem with this lecture or would like to send us extra material, articles, exercises, etc., please use our ticket system to describe your request and upload the data.Enter your e-mail into the 'Cc' field, and we will keep you updated with your request's status.
Description
Professor Freeman discusses the debate over the Constitution at the Federal Convention of 1787 - a convention that by no means had an inevitable outcome. Indeed, even attending the Convention at all was a subject of debate in the individual states; many people feared that the Convention would produce a pseudo-monarchical form of government that would abandon the true significance of the Revolution. Ostensibly called to revise the Articles of Confederation, the meeting ultimately produced an entirely new form of government, in part, thanks to the influence of James Madison's "Virginia Plan" of government. Professor Freeman focuses on three subjects of debate among the many that occupied the Convention: the debates over representation, slavery, and the nature of the executive branch.
Link this page
Would you like to put a link to this lecture on your homepage?Go ahead! Copy the HTML snippet !
Write your own review or comment: