Tasks:
- Question in class: How revolutionary was the American Revolution? What political changes did it produce? What stayed the same?
- This particular question is encouraging you to consider what changes occurred in the structure of government, and what stayed the same, in the Constitution.
- Small group discussion #1:
- Using the chart distributed in class, what changes are present from the Articles of Confederation to the Constitution? What stayed the same?
- Small group discussion #2: Analysis of Preamble
- Underline the verbs in the Preamble.
- What roles for government does the Preamble outline?
- What weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation is the Preamble addressing?
- Small group discussion #3: Constitution as "Bundle of Compromises"
- Describe tension between large and small states. How did the states resolve the tension?
- Describe problem between slave and non-slave holding states. How did the states resolve the problem?
Delegates OPPOSED to federal government protections of Slavery
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Delegates IN FAVOR of federal government protections of Slavery
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Reminders:
- Unit Two Test Corrections due 10/8.
