60-Second Civics: Episode 5200, Who Influenced the American Founders? Back-to-School Basics, Part 9
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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.
Center for Civic Education
60-Second Civics: Episode 5200, Who Influenced the American Founders? Back-to-School Basics, Part 9