This recording from 2011 is part of a history course at Yale University, taught by Historian Joanne B. Freeman (USA 2017).

This weekly podcast offers listeners an avenue to learn about a myriad of aspects of early American history, as well as the historian's craft (USA 2018). 

Paine has a claim to the title The Father of the American Revolution, which rests on his pamphlets, especially Common Sense, which crystallized sentiment for independence in 1776. (USA: Bill of Rights Institute 2021)

The compromise reached among state delegates during the 1787 United States Constitutional Convention counted three out of every five slaves as a person (2018).

The 5 minutes video explains the Constitutional Convention's 3/5ths Compromise (USA 2018).

This lesson focuses on the sections central to Paine’s argument in Common Sense (USA: National Humanities Center 2021).

ARTE-Dokureihe, Regie: Denis van Waerebeke (F 2019, 27 Min)

The U.S. Constitution was delivered with a letter of introduction. Part background, part persuasion, George Washington's cover letter provides a behind-the-scenes look at how a new government came to be designed (USA: iCivics 2018).