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A New System of Government		 Biography of America logo
After Americans win the War for Independence, they struggle over a new system of government and create the Constitution of the United States.
Key Events

From Independence through the deaths of Jefferson and John Adams.

Maps

The new United States.

Transcript

The full transcript and video.

Webography

Links to sites with primary and secondary source materials related to the topics of this program.


  
In the formative years of the United States, two key figures helped shape its new government: Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson. Their visions of what that government should be and do often conflicted.


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