In cooperation with the Wisconsin Historical Society and with support from the Bradley Foundation, the Center for the Study of the American Constitution (CSAC) has assembled this video series on the American Founding Period.  Topics covered in these videos include; the American Revolution, biographies of George Washington,colonial and revolutionary constitutionalism, and topics associated with the the process and issues during the ratification of the American Constitution. These interviews feature CSAC Director John P. Kaminski and Richard Leffler, former Deputy Director of the CSAC.  Each video is approximately 50 minutes in length.   

The American Revolution

• The American Revolution (Part 1 of 3)
• The American Revolution (Part 2 of 3)
• The American Revolution (Part 3 of 3)

George Washington Biographies

• George Washington, Youth, Early Adult Life, and Slavery, 1732-1775 (Part 1 of 3)
• George Washington, Commander-in-Chief, 1776-1783 (Part 2 of 3)
• George Washington, Retirement, a New Constitution, and a Final Retirement, 1783-1799 (Part 3 of 3)

Topics on the Ratification of the American Constitution

• History of the Ratification of the Constitution; Constitution making during colonial and revolutionary America (Part 1 of 6)
• History of the Ratification of the Constitution: The procedure used and the chronology of ratifying the new Constitution of 1787 (Part 2 of 6)
• History of the Ratification of the Constitution: Lack of a Bill of Rights and the new Federal-State Relationship-Federalism (Part 3 of 6)
• History of the Ratification of the Constitution: The Debate of Congress, the Presidency, and the Judiciary (Part 4 of 6)
• History of the Ratification of the Constitution: Newspapers and the Ratification of the Constitution (Part 5 of 6)
• History of the Ratification of the Constitution: Correspondence, Legislative and Convention Debates, God, and Public Debate (Part 6 of 6)