Forming a Government
CHAPTER 5
Essential Question:
What events and ideas affected the writing of the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution?
Expectations for Learning
#6. Analyze the new political, social and economic relationships for the American people that resulted from the American Revolution.
#7. Explain how the problems arising under the Articles of Confederation led to debate over the adoption of the U.S. Constitution.
All Units Include:
#1. Primary and secondary sources are used to examine events from multiple perspectives and to present and defend a position.
#13. Modern and historical maps and other geographic tools are used to analyze how historic events are shaped by geography. Analyze the ways in which historical events are shaped by geography using modern and historical maps and other geographic tools.
#22. Choices made by individuals, businesses and governments have both present and future consequences. Analyze how choices made by individuals, businesses and governments have both present and future consequences.
Section 1: The Articles of Confederation
Section 2: The New Nation Faces Challenges
Section 3: Creating the Constitution
Section 4: Ratifying the Constitution