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America becomes a nation is the first comprehensive recreation of those stirring, heated debates during the sweltering summer of 1787. No matter what race, gender, or religious background people have, we all must come together to unite our once promised union and move forward. A more perfect union portrays the 1787 constitutional convention in detail. This is to a more perfect union trailer by rob burgos on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
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