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An early newspaper reporter from New York interviews Patrick Henry on the new Constitution that is being proposed. Patriots who were united in rebelling against the oppressive Brittish government are now split over what form of government the new country should take. Should there be one unified nation, or a conglomerate of states? Would a centralized government just turn into another oppressive republic for the people?
Follow this early journalist as he investigates hot topics, interviews Ben Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, and others. Listen in as George Washington himself speaks to the gathered delegates who are to vote on the Constitution.
