00:23:23 Joe Escobar: Break away from strong King, NOT going to replace him with another STRONG central government 00:23:35 Joe Escobar: $$$$ 00:24:07 Joe Escobar: Shay’s Rebellion (recall French and Indian War economics) 00:49:32 Joe Escobar: Even Franklin had reservations about Constitution 00:49:50 Joe Escobar: Collect taxes, foreign commerce, and supreme law of the land = NEW Constitution 00:50:16 Joe Escobar: Patriotism = love of country (nationalism) 00:50:30 Joe Escobar: Localists vs nationalists 00:50:50 Joe Escobar: Factors supporting nationalism: 00:51:03 Joe Escobar: #1 grew up abroad (outside US) 00:51:10 Joe Escobar: #2 educated abroad 00:51:20 Joe Escobar: # served in the Continental Army 00:51:38 Joe Escobar: #4 worked in the Continental Congress 00:52:39 Joe Escobar: Men driven by their passions (self gratification) - #1 ambition (power) #2 avarice (greed $) #3 fame - immortality in the grateful remembrance of your posterity 00:53:50 Joe Escobar: NOT state legislatures to ratify (REASON = WHY would they want to give up any of their power?) 00:54:37 Joe Escobar: Checks and balances = LIMITED central government (was desired) 00:55:01 Joe Escobar: They promised a BILL OF RIGHTS to quell opposition 00:55:11 Joe Escobar: MacDonald - 2 objections 00:56:53 Joe Escobar: #1 fear of centralized/executive power and #2 bogus/rationalizations/“fake news” 00:57:43 Joe Escobar: Overcome scare tactics with reasoned arguments !!!!! 00:57:55 Joe Escobar: AND bribes and deals were made 01:04:07 Joe Escobar: 1796 Washington Farewell Address - warned against forming political parties (factions) 01:04:50 Joe Escobar: Thomas Jefferson used factions against one another to decrease the accumulation of power 01:04:59 Joe Escobar: Only Jefferson and Madison remained friends 01:06:35 Joe Escobar: Battleground - Hamilton’s Economic Plan 01:06:47 Joe Escobar: Foreign policy - France or Britain 01:13:00 Joe Escobar: Professor Eric Foner AGAIN 01:13:12 Joe Escobar: 2 parties represent VERSIONS of American freedom