This Is America, Charlie Brown1988

Peppermint Patty:
[voiceover; first lines] Eleven years after the Declaration of Independence, thirteen American colonies had become the United States, but they were united in name only. Actually, they were thirteen independent republics bickering among themselves over everything from taxes, to borders, to water rights. A meeting had been called in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to try to solve these problems. Twelve of the thirteen states sent representatives. Eventually, fifty-five delegates would participate, but by the start of the meeting, only half of the delegates had arrived. They came by water, by stagecoach, and on horseback.