Examines the Declaration of Independence as a political, legal, and intellectual document from the perspective of the rest of the world, placing the Declaration within the context of a broad international framework and exploring how it influenced other countries and governments.
Discusses the lives of John Adams, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, George Mason, William Paterson, Roger Sherman, Gouverneur Morris, and Richard Henry Lee.
Discusses the United States Constitution and the founding of America, covering such aspects as the Constitutional Convention, the writing of the Constitution, the struggle for ratification, and the enduring legacy of this document.
Tells the story of the original making of the Declaration of Independence, and looks at how, after a period in which it was all but forgotten, the document began to assume quasi-religious attributes leading to its enshrinement at the Library of Congress and later the National Archives.
Presents the events leading up to the Declaration of Independence as seen through the eyes of the boy who would grow up to be the sixth president of the United States.
