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I wish I could link this to the Constitution forum- it's an interesting bit of History that high lights the constitution.
It illustrates (without a lot of imagination) how the country has been divided from the get- go. The North vs the South.
This article lays out a precursor to the unCivil War- the constitution. Not the authors thought, but my own. It's not surprising but it is enlightening.
The Founding Fathers' Coup d'État
The revolution of 1776–1781 converted thirteen provinces, practically as they stood, into thirteen autonomous political units, completely independent, and they so continued until 1789, formally held together as a sort of league, by the Articles of Confederation. For our purposes, the point to be remarked about this eight-year period,
The northern war of aggression was economic- the South was more of an agricultural place and the "moneyed" in the North(east) couldn't compete simply due to terrain and climate- so, money did what it has always done- force its way into control. This article points out the troubles with the constitution being ratified and how it came about- moneyed vs farmers-
It illustrates (without a lot of imagination) how the country has been divided from the get- go. The North vs the South.
This article lays out a precursor to the unCivil War- the constitution. Not the authors thought, but my own. It's not surprising but it is enlightening.
The Founding Fathers' Coup d'État
The revolution of 1776–1781 converted thirteen provinces, practically as they stood, into thirteen autonomous political units, completely independent, and they so continued until 1789, formally held together as a sort of league, by the Articles of Confederation. For our purposes, the point to be remarked about this eight-year period,
The northern war of aggression was economic- the South was more of an agricultural place and the "moneyed" in the North(east) couldn't compete simply due to terrain and climate- so, money did what it has always done- force its way into control. This article points out the troubles with the constitution being ratified and how it came about- moneyed vs farmers-