GovUnraveled

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Season 1 is the founding era. The titles below are a working list, still in outline, and they may change before an episode is filmed. They are not links, because the episodes do not exist yet.

Season 1 · The founding era

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  1. Who Were the Founders, and What Did They Fight About?
  2. Taxation Without Representation: The Empire Tightens (1763–1770)
  3. From Tea to Gunfire (1772–1775)
  4. Choosing Independence (1775–1776)
  5. The Declaration of Independence: What It Said and Didn't
  6. Winning the Peace: Congress, France, and the Treaty of Paris (1776–1783)
  7. The Articles of Confederation: America's First Constitution
  8. Why the Articles Failed: Debt, Trade Wars, and Shays' Rebellion
  9. The Convention I: The Fight Over Representation
  10. Slavery and the Constitution
  11. The Convention II: Inventing the President
  12. The Electoral College: Why the Framers Built It
  13. Ratification: The Great Debate
  14. The Bill of Rights: Madison's Reluctant Masterpiece
  15. Women and the Founding
  16. 1789: The First Congress Builds a Government
  17. Washington Invents the Presidency
  18. Hamilton vs. Jefferson: Debt, the Bank, and the Birth of Parties
  19. Native Nations and the Founding
  20. Liberty vs. Security: The Alien and Sedition Acts
  21. The Election of 1800: The First Peaceful Transfer of Power
  22. Marbury v. Madison: How the Court Got Its Power

Optional

  • Religion and the Founding
  • Founding Myths, Debunked