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INTERVIEW | The Constitution and Formation of America's Government, Independence Day Series Pt. 3

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🗓️ 4 July 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

The American Revolution served as a test to see if the 13 colonies could come together to “identity as a people, as a nation,” Richard Reinsch says. The question after the war was “had they actually become in effect one people and no longer 13 separate colonies or even 13 separate states?” After the war, the Articles of Confederation served as America’s frame of government, but it quickly became apartments that the articles could not successfully create a strong united country, according to Reinsch.  “The problem with the Articles of Confederation… is they don't create in effect any central government that can actually regulate, that can tax, that can conduct an authoritative foreign policy, [or] that can regulate commerce,” he said. The founding fathers acknowledged that a central government was needed to bring the diverse states together and create a sustainable union.  By the time the founding fathers “go to the Philadelphia Convention in 1787, there's a consensus throughout the 13 states that there's a problem, and that the weak and ineffectual government has to be remedied in some capacity,” Reinsch says.  Reinsch joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” for the third part of the show’s Independence Day series to discuss the crafting of the Constitution and how the document became the foundation of American freedom.  Enjoy the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Happy Independence Day and thanks for joining us here on the Daily Signal Podcast this July

0:11.1

4th.

0:12.1

I'm Virginia Allen.

0:13.1

Today is the final day of our Independence Day podcast series.

0:17.7

So far we have talked about the lead up to the Revolutionary War that show went live

0:22.3

on Friday and then yesterday of course we discussed the Revolutionary War itself, some

0:28.1

of the key players and events during the war.

0:31.4

And today we're going a step further to examine the forming of America's government.

0:37.1

Heritage Foundations Richard Reigns joins us on the show today to discuss the crafting

0:41.6

of the Constitution and some of the sources and ideas that inspired the document.

0:47.9

Stay tuned for our conversation after this.

0:52.5

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0:54.9

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0:57.9

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1:03.3

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1:09.4

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1:13.9

page.

1:18.9

It is my pleasure today to be joined by the director of the Beaconeth Simon Center for

1:23.9

American Studies and the AWC Family Foundation Fellow at the Heritage Foundation.

1:29.9

Richard Reigns.

1:30.9

Richard, thanks so much for being here as we celebrate July 4th.

1:34.5

Virginia, thank you for asking me.

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