Video: The American Revolution - From Colonies to Constitution - Shaping a New Nation

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Description: This program looks at some of inspirations for America's democracy and shows how they came to be embodied in the laws and government of the United States. Included are Judeo-Christian morality, the French Enlightenment, the English Parliamentary system, the Magna Carta, and the Mayflower Compact. The program examines the problems faced by the America's founders and examines some of the issues debated as the Constitution, the structure of the new government, and the Bill of Rights were hammered out. © 2001 United Learning Grades: 6-8   (15 minutes)

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America After the Revolution: The Roots of Democracy (00:52)
The Articles of Confederation: 1781-1788 (01:26)
The Constitutional Convention: May-September, 1787 (01:01)
The Constitution of the United States (03:35)
Preamble (00:46)
Article One (00:27)
Article Two (00:12)
Article Three (00:14)
Article Four (00:17)
Article Five (00:19)
Article Six (00:18)
The Bill of Rights: Guarantees of Rights and Freedoms (01:02)
Learning from the Past: How American Democracy Incorporated Ideas from Other Sources (06:08)
Ancient Greece: The Democracy of Athens, 500 BC (01:07)
The Roman Republic: Representative Government, 509-27 BC (00:53)
The Magna Carta: Checks and Balances on Power, Medieval England, 1215 (01:04)
The Mayflower Compact: The Birth of Self-Government in America, 1620 (01:13)
Judeo-Christian Religious Beliefs (00:51)
Ideas from the Age of Reason: New Ways to Improve the Human Race, 1660-1789 (01:00)
The Importance and Longevity of the American Constitution (00:33)
Video Quiz: Shaping a New Nation (00:58)