Course curriculum

    1. How to use this course

    2. Before we begin...

    1. Jefferson's American Mind

    2. Jefferson's Letter to Harry Lee

    3. Colonial Considerations

    4. Quiz: Chapter 1

    1. The Constitutional Convention

    2. Video: Federalists vs Anti-Federalists in Five Minutes

    3. Quiz: Chapter 2

    1. Intellectual Influences

    2. Greece and Rome

    3. FEE Article: How Democracies Turn Tyrannical

    4. The Enlightenment Thinkers

    5. FEE Article: Lessons from the Scottish Enlightenment

    6. A New Kind of Republic

    7. Federalist 39 - James Madison

    8. Historical Republics

    9. Too Large or Too Small

    10. Federalist No. 10 on Factions

    11. FEE Article: Human Nature and the Free Society

    12. Primary Source Slide: Federalist No. 10

    13. Cato III (Anti-Federalist Papers) - Too Large For A Republic

    14. Federalist 14 and Federalist 10

    15. Quiz: Chapter 3

    1. Brutus 1 - Robert Yates

    2. Federalism

    3. The Clauses

    4. Video: The Elastic Clause Explained in 3 Minutes: The Constitution for Dummies Series

    5. Primary Source: Federalist 33

    6. Standing Armies

    7. Quiz: Chapter 4

    1. Quiz: Chapter 5

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