Painless Primary Docs

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Primary documents that are edited to make them easier to understand.

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Painless Primary Docs

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

28 Dec 2017

Latest episode

13 May 2020

Latest episodes

11 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   13 May 2020

   S1E12 - Sherman's Letter to Governor Huntington about the New Constitution

   A letter that Roger Sherman and Oliver Ellsworth wrote to the governor of Connecticut informing him of some of the powers given to Congress by the new constitution.

2. 

   21 Nov 2019

   S1E11 - George Mason's Speech Against the Federal Government's Power to Tax.

   Episode Notes George Mason explains his concerns about the taxing power given to the new central government created by the Constitution.

3. 

   21 Nov 2019

   S1E10 - Jefferson to Cartwright June 5, 1824

   Episode Notes A letter from Jefferson to his friend about various topics.

4. 

   17 Oct 2019

   S1E9 - Brutus XI - The Supreme Court is too Powerful

   Episode Notes Brutus discusses the powers of the Supreme Court in the proposed constitution. He explains how he thinks the court is too powerful. The title "The Court is Too Powerful" is not his actual title, but one I added.

5. 

   29 Nov 2018

   S1E8 - Lincoln's First Inaugural Address - Lincoln Tries to Convince the South to Stay in the Union

   An edited and simplified version of President Lincoln's First Inaugural Address.

6. 

   29 Nov 2018

   S1E7 - Federalist 38, "The Incoherence of the Objections to the Constitution"

   Madison analyzes some of the objections to the Constitution.

7. 

   26 Jan 2018

   S1E6 - The Cornerstone Speech, Alexander Stephens, Vice President of the Confederacy

   This document has been edited to make it easier to understand. Painless Primary Docs does not endorse the opinions or ideas contained in this, or any other document provided by this podcast. These documents are provided for the purpose of historical education.

8. 

   16 Jan 2018

   William Pitt's Speech Against the Stamp Act. January 14, 1766

   This document has been edited to make it easier to understand.

9. 

   12 Jan 2018

   Anti-Federalist 7, Adoption of the Constitution Will Lead to Civil War

   No description

10. 

    7 Jan 2018

    A Summary View of the Rights of British America

    This was written by Thomas Jefferson as a recommendation of what the Continental Congress could send to the king.

11. 

    28 Dec 2017

    Brutus I, October 18, 1787

    Edited version of Robert Yates' Anti-Federalist paper.

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