& lies" starts right now. news is the first draft of history. it's immediate and takes place in real time. legends take longer to develop and are sometimes based on myth. this fox news series looks at the truth behind the legend. >> it's an independent nation and not for us. >> our next objective is north carolina they must be close. >> they may have the numbers, but we have something to fight

for. we have fought and tried togeth together. >> there is george corn wallace . >> gentlemen, our nation is on the verge of collapse because we're not truly one nation or current congress achieves nothing because every state no matter how small has an equal road. we must have a congress whose members are proportional and elected by direct vote.

virginia would hold a plan and do a power. we fought to preserve the sovereignty of the state. congress must remain as a single voe with one representative per

state. pushed to their limits by an impressive empire a determined group of rebels reunite under the cause of liberty. it's going unify and ignite the revolution and force a new system to go. in time these brave men and woman will come to be known as the american patriots.

george washington the nations most founding father and his first president. a battle weary and general ready for retirement. behind every president stands a man and behind every legend lies the truth. >> go on. give it back to him. >> your opportunity is seized in order to satisfy the debts. >> who is bringing this. >> i have truly fallen and i no

longer command the title of respect that i want here. >> or is that being reclaimed as well. >> of course not, sir. i mean the excellent si. >> the art cals of confederation are not holding up. the confounding document does not provide a way to work together on trade or borders or national defense. it requires them to have a unanimous vote and there's no president that's forced those that do. with the impounding it's clear that the united states needs a government to unify. once again georgia will preside as the country takes on the next battle and states right verses a strong centralized government.

>> after the costly revolutionary war, the americans are left with enormous debt. without a standard curl, the stant ralized government and the young nation is in economic free fall. >> no paper money. >> the u.s. government under the articles of the confederation had borrowed a lot of money and had issued a lot of i ou's and ran the economy pretty poorly. >> washington saw the american currency collapses to the point that it cost $150,000 to buy a horse. >> they predicted this would happen. if we can't defeat the americans on the battlefield, okay let's

give them the in dependence and fall alone and they may fall back into our laps. >> out of the chaos comes daniel shane a revolutionary war veteran that served in bunker hill. >> are you all right? >> now, like many of the country men shaved faces and bankruptcy and desperate, he decides to take radical action. >> how many of have fought and died freedom or had our own freedom revoked for bad debt, unpaid taxes? that's where we will find freedom that you all deserve. we will fight here ammunition, cannons and more. we will once again heighten

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>> four years after winning independence, the american government, under the articles four o years after winning dependence the american government under the articles of confederation is weak and in affective. the collapsing economy leads to a desperate rebellion lead by the revolutionary government daniel shays.

it will have a huge impact on the young united states. >> many of the founding fathers looked at it and said all that we fought for and risked in great britain is the under mind of the economy state base interest. we have to do something about this. we need to reform the articles and confederation. >> leading the charge for reform is james madison a virginia lawmaker and a close friend of thomas jefferson. madison believes that america needs a strong national government or shays rebellion will be the first of many bloody revolutions. >> if you have to say that there was a father, you would definitely say that it was james mad sochblt a bookish kind of guy and was not dynamic but did

the research. always the best prepared in the room. >> it will continue and go to other states without a true national government, we should have anarchy. congress has called a convention in philadelphia to amend the articles of confederation. i see an entirely new constitution. >> you understand that the minimal payment as an act of treaty. >> not if you're involved. >> james madison, this is george washington to try to encourage washington to come out of retirement and the american public needed to see that he was on board with the newfounding document and more over he was convinced that they needed washington and the nutrition.

>> tell them that they need snim. >> do i have any chance in the matter. >> while the articles have become in adequate, the challenge of replacing them is convincing the public and lawmakers that it will not result and many fear that the father of the country soon could become the chief. >> the delegates would assemble on the constitutional convention and is on the greatest mind of the day. >> including 81-year-old benjamin franklin and the aid who was encouraged more than anyone to drag the nation into the future.

>> allison understands complexity that a lot of people don't understand. one of the problems is that he is not shy in letting people know how brilliant he is. >> we're a secrete society. >> gentlemen, we are gathered here to decide for ever the fate of republican government. we must be able to debate ideas freely without fear and our

words will touch off a fire storm. >> they did what we call a media black out. nobody is taking a note because we want everybody to feel comfortable. if i want you to say that i have a king, we want you do that. >> are we going to proceed with the other business? >> we must select a president of the business. >> there's one source that will go. >> all in favor. >> mr. president --

♪ ♪ >> i see no prospects and a steed de retirement or contrary to my words, i am made by unanimous vote of the president. ♪ ♪ >> gentlemen, the floor is opened. >> washington does not want to be in charge, only he has the authority to hold their delegates together and dive them towards creating a new government. even washington's leadership may not be enough. >> washington was a master of

cycle. the fact that washington presided over the constitutional convention but did not engage in the debate, really helped. he was above it all. >> philadelphia is suffering through the hottest summer in 40 years, yet the keep the proceedings secrete, they are locked inside with the windows shut. outside angry protestors are demanding answers hearing of the new king. >> does anyone have an idea as to how we can govern the damn country? >> one of the myths is the intent of the constitutional. there was no original in tenlt. 55 guys show up and they had like 55 different opinions on what should happen. some were going there to reform

the existing particles of the confederation. some are going in there to tear the whole thing up. our nation is on the verge of collapse because we are not truly one nation. we must replace the articles of confederation with a unified national government. >> urchd madison's plan and unpopulated state, they will have government and the representatives like new jersey will patterson. >> this convention has but one purpose, sir. to amend and correct the articles of confederation. not to replace them. >> i may have but one leg. >> even that is a more stable foundation than the one upon which this country has been.

>> there were these 13 in stances and they love to give up the attributes. >> we must have a congress whose members are proportional and elected by direct vote. of course virginia will propose such a plan. the larger state will hold all of the power. gentlemen, i would rather have a monarch again. >> george washington now faces the greatest challenge sings defeating the world's most powerful army. he must keep the convention from falling apart. it will only come as the delegates turn to the issue of

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states like virginia would end up with a greater degree of power in the legislature. >> you must find a way to persuade these politicians who propose a strong and energetic company. >> they threaten to derail the convention and leaving the country without a constitution. >> well, the virginia ball and plotting the de instruction of states and the deadlock of the country. >> this is you and you destroyed this nation.

>> mr. matters, without comp harr compromise, cannot be respected here or abroad. new jersey would welcome a true compromise. it was politics hard at work and different groups advocating their particular convention and there was always understanding the politics that you don't get everything that you want. what emerged was a compromise. >> the great compromise breaks the path among the states creating a congress with two houses and where allstates have equal power and then the house of representatives and representation is based on population. the deal is to get slave holding states an opportunity to hold the convention.

>> gentlemen, i call to vote virginia. >> new york? >> i. >> pennsylvania. >> i. >> new jersey. >> north carolina? >> ? >> north carolina? >> nay. >> in order to get southern states to agree, you have to appease somehow.

they insist that the slaves be counted to the population to see how many representatives that they have, and we get the compromise. >> the three fifth is a concession and while slaves have no rights, they're counted to representation but only three fifths of a person. that agree gives them 30 percent more representatives than they would have. the balance and power has shifted in the slavery support. >> there's a key language here and all of the persons will be counted free every time for the purpose of representation. within the communities they see

this as an attribute that one day you will be able to abolish it. >> after nearly four months the final draft of the constitution and the ideas and painfully and to the delegates. >> we the people of the united states in order to form a more perfect union establish -- >> the idea that dead men gathering in philadelphia during one soummer could create, did nt happen. no one knew it was going to work. what you have is the big states and small states. you also have the balance between the three classical forms of the government and

democracy. each of which the architecture of the constitution understood to have the laws. if you can somehow combine the forms into one, you could use them to check the flaws of the other. >> don in convention and the consensus of the states present and of the in dependence of the united states of america. >> please join me for the constitution. there are parts of this constitution which at present height and is not improved. i consent to this constitution because i do not expect better, but i am not sure that it's not

best. >> the constitution is signed, but the new congress is going to need to establish an executive branch and pick a president. all eyes are on a man that does not even want the job. >> there are things that any single person is given the power. there's no executive authority and nobody to enforce the laws with the decisions over the sceptics. the supporters reported to george washington. >> the office of president was designed with him in mind. his friends and colleagues are telling him to be selected president. >> i have often looked at that presence of chair without being able to tell whether it's rising or setting.

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>> vote please for george washington. >> washington does not share the public's enthusiasm. >> my movement was the chair of gov ners will be not done -- >> those of us that are going to his place of execution.ners wil >> those of us that are going to his place of executioerners wil >> those of us that are going to his place of execution.>> i do swear to the president of the united states and to the best of my ability swerve, protect and defend the constitution of the united states. >> tsz done. long-lived george washington.

president of the united states. >> while george washington is the trusted head of the government, he will not be in power for ever. then like james madison and thomas jefferson worked, that a new leader could have rights and for them and the democratic rights, it's vital that personal freedoms are not replayed but written into the constitution as the bill of rights we still value today. >> well the genesis bill of right social security the central government and several states said if we can add individual rights to this document, then we will finally support it. >> it's james madison that sits down and writes the ten amendments that's the bill of rights. >> one, congress shall make no law respects a status or a

freedom of speech or the press. >> our country is in danger. the measure taken by our congress must be ashoed. a well regulated and that and to bare arms should not be pursued. the right shall not be violated. then the power is not dell gietd the united states by the constitution are reserved to the states for or to the people. >> here here. >> the constitution defines the power of the american government, and the bill of rights defines the rights of american citizen but the clash

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>> with the bill of rights and the supreme court in place, the individual rights of americ with thean bill of rights a the supreme court in place, the individual rights of americans are protected, but the countries massive war debt threatens the survival and washington's solution will ignite another revolution. ♪ ♪ >> your plan kernel anderson is to put the first step on the road to monarchy. what's going to let the state out of the crisis. >> washington in trusts the secretary alexander hamilton with fixing the broken economy, but hamilton's methods are too extreme for thomas jeff weerson >> one of the streekts was to

step aside and some believe that hamilton forces his economic plan against the country, washington is in full support of a national bank. he allows hamilton to exert the will while washington remains the dignity of his office. >> if we give the government the power, how much more with it take? i know that you wish for a national bank. >> these are the banks that we have in 1976. >> i prefer anarchy and you're turning it into another great britain. >> hamilton wants to create a national bank to pay off the war debt and raise taxes. a tax raised on britains economic systems. >> this causes great virtue with thomas jefferson that believes that the schemes to the financial department are throwing america back into the hands of stock jobbers in great

britain. >> jefferson insists on believing that hamilton is engaged in a plot to restore royal government to the united states. >> gentlemen, you know what i want. surely there must be something that you want just as badly. >> virgin and jefferson want it in exchange for the bank and a plot is set aside and it's a small price for hamilton to play pais. >> i question the time for you to pay the war debt. we're no longer a collaboration of state one body where the right hand is wounded and not the left. when it's wounded you bandage it. >> i made a scheme and of all of the errors in my political career, this is something that i take for granted.

♪ >> hamilton gets his way, but as the federal government exercises the power and attacking whiskey, pennsylvania faermers see this s tearing. >> whiskey was an in source for farmers and a tax on that is going cut into their profit, and in response to that hamilton rose up rebellion. >> we enforce a higher law. this is what we think of your whiskey tax. >> angry farmers come out in force and attacking tax collectors and some are targeted and others have their own set in the dead of night.

>> washington ask hamilton believe that a show of force is needed to show that the federal government has the authority, and so they come out in force. >> they put down the whiskey rebellion and the most militaryt take the field himself. >> it's a prif length, your excellency. >> the honor is mine. >> to defend the authority of the constitution, and the presidency, george washington once again takes command of an army. only this time, his opponents are his fellow americans. lease the 2016 es 350 for $329 a month for 36 months and we'll make your first month's payment. see your lexus dealer.

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>> in a move that's nearly impossible to imagine today, george washington, the sitting president, leads military troops into the field himself, though, instead of a foreign enemy, washington must face his fellow americans, putting down the whiskey rebellion, as he asserts the authority of the new constitution and the federal government it creates. >> washington marches into western pennsylvania with over 13,000 troops. but hoping to prevent a battle, he meets with the rebellion's representatives. >> i have a warrant for this man. >> i'd like to see you serve that warrant. >> gentlemen! >> serve it! we're only defendin' our rights, what we fought for in the war! >> a war we fought to unify our country under the flag of the united states, not under the demands of a group of rebels. unless you and y submit to the laws of our country, i will restore order at the point of the bayonet.

>> washington puts down the rebellion without firing a shot. his presence is enough to convince the rebels to give up. >> a number of the ringleaders get brought up on trial. they get convicted. they get condemned to death. but washington pardons them. it was important for him to use his powers as president to pardon, to show mercy, to get people to believe in the legitimacy and credibility and faith in the presidency and the federal government. again, the genius of washington. >> with patience and foresight, president washington guides the united states through a tumultuous time. he maintains peace at home and abroad and sets the standard for every president since. but at the end of his second term, washington is ready to

gracefully step aside and let others continue the grand experiment in democracy. >> every day, the increasing weight of years admonishes me more and more, that the shade of retirement is as necessary to me as it will be welcome. so let me warn you against the spirit of party, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people. and now, i anticipate the sweet enjoyment of good laws under a free government and the happy reward of our mutual cares, labors, and dangers. >> i wouldn't change a thing, your excellency.

>> the inauguration of john adams is the last public appearance washington plans to make. [ applause ] his actions on the way out of the presidency will resonate through the rest of american history. >> one of the most important moments in the history of the american republic was the first peaceful transfer of power from one president to another. this did not happen. once you got power in those days, you kept it. >> i do solemnly swear. >> i, john adams, do solemnly swear that i will faithfully execute the office of the president of the united states. >> there's a story about napoleon. in the waning years of napoleon's life, he makes the comment, "they wanted me to be another washington. and i couldn't do it." >> and will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect... >> and defend the constitution of the united states.

>> george washington exemplifies true patriotism and honor as he calmly steps aside for john adams to become president. instead of desperately holding on to power, washington relinquishes it, trusting the constitution to keep the country on track and setting the definitive example to the world of the peaceful transfer of power. >> unfortunately, despite their brilliance, the men who come after him are not george washington. their ambitions and vengeance threaten to destroy everything the father of the country has worked for.

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