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SCOUT· 56%1h 05m·2025-05-27·HistoryBFW Revisited: The Early History of the U.S. Congress
Ben Franklin's World
To commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Second Continental Congress, this episode revisits the origins of the United States Congress and how early Americans built a representative government from revolutionary ideals. Historians Matt Wasniewski and Terrence Ruckner of the Office of the Historian of the U.S. House…
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