The critically analyzed essay is titled “The Philadelphia Radical Caucus That Pushed Pennsylvania to Independence and Democracy,” written by Gary B. Nash. This analytical essay occupies the fourth chapter of the book Revolutionary Founders: Rebels, Radicals, and Reformers in the Making of the Nation, edited by Alfred F. Young, Gary B. Nash, and Ray Raphael. His essay, along with the book's twenty-one other accounts describing lesser-known individuals whose contributions in securing independence from Great Britain and creating a new government in America rival those of the nation's most famous and beloved founders, such as Thomas Jefferson or James Madison. Dr. Nash focuses his efforts on the Philadelphia Radical Caucus of the 1970s and 1980s and the lasting influences of the 1776 Constitution it created within American politics and several nations around the world. In his analysis and interpretation of Pennsylvania politics during the American Revolution, Dr. Nash uses a pro-Whiggish and radically sympathetic stance to assert the extraordinary ability of the Radical Caucus to rally support and empower the common worker, seize political power from conservatives within Pennsylvania's public offices and revolutionized democratic thinking through their landmark reforms of the state constitution. Respecting the fact that Dr. Nash's position on this topic required extensive research through first-hand accounts, pamphlets, newspapers and the analysis of countless preserved documents, indicates that the account he provides is very credible. Conforming to his presentation of facts and the significance of the topic within early American history prevented a full-blown counter-argument… half the document… available. Charles A. Beard argues this point in his book An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States, stating that “The Constitution was essentially an economic document based on the concept that basic private property rights are prior to government and morally to beyond the reach of popular majorities. "Works CitedBeard, Charles A. An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States. New York: Dover, 2004(1913). Print.Lynd, Staughton, and David Waldstreicher." "Free Trade, Sovereignty, and Slavery: Toward an Interpretation economy of American independence." William and Mary Quarterly (October 2011): 597-656. Print.Young, Alfred Fabian, Gary B. Nash, and Ray Raphael. Revolutionary Founders: Rebels, Radicals, and Reformers in Nation Building. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2011. Print.