Welcome to my American history class! This third hexter we will be learning about the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution. We will examine all that encompassed that particular period of history: how our first attempt at self governance as a nation was a complete failure and how we decided to do the most radical thing ever: to come up with a completely different form of government...a REPUBLIC!!! With THREE CO-EQUAL BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT...what a novel idea....with CHECKS AND BALANCES to prevent one branch from becoming too powerful...hmmm....sounds like a course students should pay attention to, because it might come in handy in the future. We will also look at the Washington and Adams administrations as well. It's a lot, but I hope we can get to it all. It should be an interesting six weeks, and I look forward to it...see you all Tuesday!