Docudrama about the debate surrounding New York State's ratification of the United States Constitution. Historical figures wear modern dress and use familiar language to help today's audience understand firsthand the forces that shaped this country two hundred years ago. The argument, characters, passions and debating points are historically accurate, but the language and the medium of the debate is modern in form. Present day newscasters and commentators play themselves, reporting on the events of the 1780s as though they were occurring now.

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Daniel Shays

Mayor of New York City, 1788

Jesse Woodhull

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Alexander Hamilton

John Lansing, Jr.

Gov. George Clinton

John Jay
Demonstrator

Robert Yates
Robert R. Livingston

Federalist Spokesman

Isaac Roosevelt
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Anti-Federalist Spokesman

Melancton Smith

Convention Secretary
Anti-Federalist Delegate

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