Season 4, Episode 11 | The Newburgh Conspiracy: When Washington Saved the Republic (Again)

Could the American Revolution have ended not on a battlefield, but in a mutinous meeting at Newburgh? What happens when the army that won independence is told there’s no money to pay it? Can a republic survive when its officers have just grievances and the power to enforce them? And how did George Washington stop a coup without firing a shot, by reaching for his spectacles? In this episode of The Constitution, Matthew Brogdon sits down with Greg Jackson, America 250 Professor in Constitutiona...