393 Politics & Political Culture in the Early American Republic

Ben Franklin's World

Liz Covart

Earlyrepublic, History, Benfranklin, Society & Culture, Warforindependence, Earlyamericanrepublic, Earlyamericanhistory, Education, Colonialamerica, Americanrevolution, Ushistory, Benjaminfranklin

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🗓️ 10 September 2024

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

The Constitution is a document of “We the People.” The ways Americans have supported, debated, and interpreted the Constitution since 1787 have played a vital role in the rise of politics and political parties within the United States.

What kind of political culture did the United States Constitution and its interpretations help establish? What were the expectations, practices, and cultural norms early Americans had to follow when debating the Constitution or its interpretation in the early American republic?

In honor of Consitution Day on September 17, the day the United States commemorates the signing of the United States Constitution, we speak with two historians–Jonathan Gienapp, an Associate Professor of History and Associate Professor of Law at Stanford University and Rachel Shelden, Director of the Richard Civil War Era Center and an Associate Professor of History at Penn State University– about early American political culture and political civility in the early American republic.

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0:00.0	You're listening to an airwave media podcast.
0:04.0	Ben Franklin's world is a production of Colonial Williamsburg Innovation Studios.
0:09.0	A lot of work after the revolution went into sanitizing the revolution and
0:12.8	mythologizing it as unlike other revolutions that descended into
0:16.3	violence and chaos and bloodshed the American
0:18.4	revolution was different and special because it was lawful,
0:21.4	respectable, relatively bloodless.
0:24.0	But we know that that notion of the bloodless revolution is in many ways incorrect.
0:29.0	The revolution was quite violent, both before and after independence was declared.
0:33.6	Hello and
0:42.2	and welcome to episode 393 of Ben Franklin's world.
0:47.0	The podcast dedicated to helping you learn more about how the people and events of our
0:52.0	early American past have shaped the present day world
0:54.6	with a event. And I'm your host, Liz Kovart. The United States Constitution is a framework
1:01.2	or plan for the government of the United States.
1:03.9	The Constitution establishes the premises of the national-long government over state governments.
1:08.4	Its 27 amendments establish protections for the individual rights of its citizens.
1:13.0	In essence, the Constitution serves as the foundation of the United States government.
1:18.4	Now the Constitution is also a document of We The People, and the ways Americans have supported, debated, and
1:23.9	interpreted the Constitution in 1787 and beyond have played a role in the
1:28.4	rise of politics and political parties within the United States. So what kind of political culture did the United States Constitution and its interpretations help establish?
1:38.0	What were the expectations, practices, and cultural norms that early Americans had to follow when debating the Constitution
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