202 The Early History of the United States Congress
Ben Franklin's World
Liz Covart
4.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 4 September 2018
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
On September 17, 1787, a majority of the delegates to the Constitutional Convention approved the new form of government they had spent months drafting and submitted it to the 13 states for their ratification and approval.
On June 21, 1788, New Hampshire became the 9th state to ratify the Constitution, which prompted the transition to the government of the United States Constitution.
Matt Wasniewski, the Historian of the United States House of Representatives and Terrance Rucker, a Historical Publications Specialist in the Office of the Historian at the United States House of Representatives, lead us on an exploration of why and how the United States Constitution established a bicameral Congress and how and why the House of Representatives took the shape and form that it did during its early meetings.
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| 0:00.0 | Ben Franklin's World is a production of the |
| 0:02.6 | O'Mohandro Institute. |
| 0:04.0 | Welcome to Ben Franklin's World, |
| 0:08.0 | Podcasts About Early American History with Liz Covert. |
| 0:11.0 | The study of history is key to understanding who we are and how we can affect the better future. |
| 0:17.0 | Ben Franklin's world will introduce you to historical people and |
| 0:25.0 | welcome, |
| 0:28.0 | welcome to episode, |
| 0:30.0 | and welcome to episode 102 of Ben Franklin's world, |
| 0:32.0 | the podcast dedicated to helping you, learn more about how the people |
| 0:36.1 | and events of our early American past have shaped the present day world we live in. |
| 0:41.1 | We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, |
| 0:45.0 | establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, |
| 0:50.0 | promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and to our posterity, |
| 0:55.5 | do ordain and establish this constitution for the United States of America. |
| 1:00.3 | Article 1, Section 1. |
| 1:02.4 | All legislative powers, hearing granted, shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, |
| 1:07.0 | which shall consist of a Senate and a House of Representatives. |
| 1:11.0 | On September 17, 1787, a majority of the delegates to the Constitutional Convention |
| 1:16.8 | approved the new form of government that they had spent months drafting and submitted |
| 1:20.5 | that form of government to the 13 states for the ratification or approval. |
| 1:24.8 | Now, the framers agreed that the new government would replace the current government |
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