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Unit 1: The founding documents of the United States of America

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There wasn’t any email or SMS in the 1700s when the founders of America sent letters and drafted the documents that became the blueprint for American democracy. The documents of the founding of America tell the story of issues being grappled with and personalities discussing moral and ideological differences.