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I'm John Batchel with Jonathan Healy, an associate professor of social history at Oxford University.

His new book is comprehensively an explanation of where America comes from, my reading,

because we're about to witness through all these regents and their parliaments

the arguments that the founders will use to stand up to a king in the late 18th century.

Standing to a king in the early 17th century was that much more difficult. James I is mostly a successful leader and king.

He suffers from arthritis.

He also has doubts about his ability to manage his household. We now need to introduce Charles, his son, the heir apparent, and a man named Buckingham.

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