And he, probably the most important part of his life was after the revolution was won. You had a problem with the then Articles of Confederation because basically you had Shays rebellion, you had disorder. And The federal government was effectively impotent [under the Articles of Confederation]. They could only act if the states didn't veto what they were doing. Well, you know, it's hard to, hard to manage that. And so they couldn't do the basic things. (23:39–23:43)
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