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Unit 3: Confederation & Constitution

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Lessons

  • Articles of Confederation
  • Constitutional Convention
  • Three Branches
  • Ratification & Bill of Rights

Unit 3 Study Guide

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American Pageant

  • Chapter 9 - The Confederation & the Constitution, 1776-1790 (Course Notes)
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Essential Questions

  • How did America’s pre-Revolutionary relationship with England influence the structure of the first national government?
  • What weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation led to the effort to draft a new constitution?
  • How did the delegates to the Constitutional Convention balance competing interests?
  • What are the underlying principles of the American system of government?
  • What is the relationship between the three branches of government?  Between the national government and the states?
  • How was the Bill of Rights influenced by the Virginia Declaration of Rights and the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom?
  • What were the major arguments for and against the Constitution of 1787 in leading Federalist and Anti-Federalist writings and in the ratification debates?
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Unit Project

In-Class Timed Writing Assignment

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