elbridge gerry edmund randolph. they were from virginia massachusetts and virginia, by the way, the order that i mentioned them, they to side. and one of the big concerns is a lack of a bill of rights. george mason had written virginia declaration of rights. he'd written the freedoms that the people of his state possessed, that the government take away. and there was not a bill of rights in this case that did not spell one out. some of their fellow delegates, like alexander hamilton, thought that a bill of rights could be unnecessary. maybe even dangerous. hamilton says that, you know, this constitution is we the people, giving powers to, the government, not the other way around. that the government cannot take these rights away because we have not given it the ability to do that. he suggests it could be dangerous to suggest there are limits on this, on a bill of writing, a bill of rights suggests other freedoms might be as important, may not be protected, but people are not swayed. a lot of folks agree with george

judge tyler was elected governor of virginia could no longer supervise his son's legal studies, edmund randolph stepped in. randolph had been attorney general under george washington and really presented young tyler with a challenging way to approach the law. tyler passed the bar in 1809 at the age of 19. now this is interesting because in virginia the law at the time they do had to be at least 21 years of age to pass the bar exam. to even sit for the bar exam. but apparently the examiner could not ask tyler how old he is. perhaps his father's connections allowed them to look the other way. but in any event he was 19 tyler passed the bar exam print did not set a practice right away. kind of took some time to develop further habits, study habits he participated in some moot court proceedings around richmond honing the oratorical skills you need in the courtroom. he was still thinking really in terms of politics. the picture here, the image on the right hand of the slide shows tyler at approximately age of 21 when he won his first political office, a seat in the virginia house of delegates. right

judge tyler was elected governor of virginia could no longer supervise his son's legal studies, edmund randolph stepped in. randolph had been attorney general under george washington and really presented young tyler with a challenging way to approach the law. tyler passed the bar in 1809 at the age of 19. now this is interesting because in virginia the law at the time they do had to be at least 21 years of age to pass the bar exam. to even sit for the bar exam. but apparently the examiner could not ask tyler how old he is. perhaps his father's connections allowed them to look the other way. but in any event he was 19 tyler passed the bar exam print did not set a practice right away. kind of took some time to develop further habits, study habits he participated in some moot court proceedings around richmond honing the oratorical skills you need in the courtroom. he was still thinking really in terms of politics. the picture here, the image on the right hand of the slide shows tyler at approximately age of 21 when he won his first political office, a seat in the virginia house of delegates. right

randolph williamsburg. president of your convention. edmund pendleton. caroline county. benjamin harrison. charleston county. richard henry. lee westmoreland. colonel george washington fairfax county. and of course, the gentleman who needs no introduction. mr. patrick of hanover county. ladies and gentlemen, the delegates of. the second virginia convention. >> it's my attempt to take the sixties as a extraordinary event to reshape them into a new story of the 1960s and a lot of that story centers on powerful stories with a considerable extent with kennedy and johnson and nixon and to my surprise to wait eisenhower who hovered over the sixties to an extent i had not realized from when i first started working on the book with those who try to become president like barry goldwater those who enter this so much of the sixties talk about the supreme court justices and the general and talks about the association of the mlk junior and malcolm x. but if there is one thing that gives me a sense of past as a historian to really believe that ordinary people are central to history. ordinary people who

. >> peyton randolph, , williamsburg, president of your convention. >> edmund pendleton, caroline countyenjamin harrison, charleston county. >> richard henry lee, westmoreland county. >> colonel george washington, fairfax county. and, of course, the gentleman who needs to introduction, mr. patrick henry of hanover county your ladies and gentlemen, the delegates of the second virginia convention. [applause] >> here's a look at some moments in hisryuring the month of january. on january 16, 1919, the manufacture, sale or transportation of intoxicating liquors was prohibited by the ratification of the 18th amendment. >> that showed is that democracy works. the reason why the probation is wanted as an amendment is no admin at ever been repealed so that by writing it into the constitution that just making a lot of commitment and jacob putting into the constitution would be there forever. while it wasn't. 13 years inflict a long time and during those 13 years plus of unnecessary lives were lost. means lots of lives were lost unnecessarily, and it changed everything, but we got rid of it and we