Ratification - The People's Attention
From American Political History by Jacob Edwards-King
March 23, 2026 · 15 min · Season 15 · Episode 2
About this episode
This episode discusses the public reaction to the proposed constitution as it was published in newspapers and debated by public figures.
The proposed constitution hit the newspapers, and public figures start taking positions and or writing with pen names to argue their points in the public sphere
People in this episode
Host: Jacob Edwards-King
Topics covered
- constitution
- public opinion
- media
- political discourse
- historical events
Keywords
- constitution
- ratification
- public opinion
- newspapers
- political debate
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: newspapers
Books & works: the proposed constitution
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