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How did the US constitution get written?

Ruth Tarrant

9th March 2016

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Here are some super revision lectures from Keith Hughes of Hip Hughes History exploring the Articles of Confederation (the precursor to the US constitution) and the Constitutional Convention of 1787, which produced the Constitution that we know today.

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Ruth Tarrant

Ruth has been Subject Lead in Economics at tutor2u for many years after a career of teaching Economics, Business, Politics and Maths in a range of secondary schools. She is a highly experienced A level Economics Examiner, and also teaches undergraduate Economics on a very part-time basis at the University of Oxford. Ruth is passionate about making economics fun, engaging and accessible.

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