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The Constitution of the United States is the highest law in the land: it's a written statement of the core principles of the American government. I...

Ever heard of a "living document"? They eat and breathe just like the rest of us! They even walk around on their own two legs. Okay, fine—maybe t...

In this video, you'll learn about the original Constitutional Convention and why our Founding Fathers felt it was necessary. Who would you invite t...

That Ben Franklin. What a lazybones. He publishes this Almanack thing, and doesn't even make it available in audiobook? That guy needs to get off h...

So the revolution was pushed along by… pamphlets? Sure, what the heck, let’s go with it.

What was the Age of Enlightenment? It was a time of some major eye-opening. And not of the Clockwork Orange variety. An intellectual movement swept...