What type of government was produced at the Philadelphia Convention? In this video, Dr. Lester Brooks, emeritus professor of American history at Anne Arundel Community College, explains what the Framers of the Constitution thought about the best form of government that would be embodied in the Constitution.

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Civil Discourse: An American Legacy is funded under the 2022 Leonore Annenberg Civic Mission of the Nation Initiative, sponsored by the Leonore Annenberg Institute for Civics. LAIC is a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania.

60Second Civics, Episode 5154: June 14, 2024 (a rebroadcast of Episode 4904, June 15, 2023)

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The show’s theme song is “Complacent” by Cheryl B. Engelhardt. You can find Cheryl online at cbemusic.com.

This project was funded under the 2022 Leonore Annenberg Civic Mission of the Nation Initiative, sponsored by the Leonore Annenberg Institute for Civics. LAIC is a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania.