60-Second Civics: Episode 4410, Who Influenced the American Founders? Back-to-School Basics, Part 9

60-Second Civics Podcast

English - August 17, 2021 07:00 - 1 minute - ★★★★ - 76 ratings
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America's Founders learned about government from their experiences in self-government as subjects of the British Empire. They also learned about government by reading history and philosophy, particularly that of ancient Greece and Rome and the works of sixteenth and seventeenth-century philosophers.

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