Day 27/29: The Confederation and the ConstitutionBaltimore Polytechnic Institute

October 3/6, 2013A/A.P. U.S. History

Mr. Green

Objective: Students will:Explain the broad movement toward social and political equality that flourished after the Revolution and indicate why certain social and racial inequalities remained in place.

Drill: Pg. 176 Quote

How did marriage change in the minds of women?

The Confederation and the Constitution

Hand-out primary source and review Articles of Confederation

Drill

Identify the major concerns with ratification of the Articles of Confederation.

What is considered to be the biggest accomplishment under the Articles of Confederation?

Review map 9.1 pg. 180How was the land parceled out after the ratification of the Articles of Confederation?

Articles of Confederation

Identify the strengths and weakness of the Articles of Confederation

Strengths Weaknesses

Articles of Confederation

Land Ordinance of 1785

Northwest Ordinance of 1787

Landmarks in Land Laws

Distribute the Primary Sources for the Critical Period.

Define Critical Period

Group Activity

Identify the major issue that led to the convention in Annapolis, MD.

How was the convention in Annapolis viewed?Did all states send delegates to Philadelphia? Describe the type of individual that attended the

Philadelphia convention.Why were many of the Revolutionary leaders not

present at Philadelphia? Explain the decision to move away from “for the

sole and express purpose of revising” to overthrowing the existing government of the U.S. by peaceful means.

The Road to the Constitution

Explain the position of Virginia and New Jersey Plan.

Explain the purpose for the short constitution compared to other national/state constitutions

Identify major concerns as it relates to the formation of the executive branch/President

Describe the major compromises during the Philadelphia convention

In what ways were the delegates all similar? Think about economics and political institutions.

Great Compromise

Explain the method for ratifying the Constitution as the supreme law of the land.

How was the action of the Constitutional Convention viewed?

Identify the major concerns of the Anti-Federalists.

Clash of Federalists and Anti-Federalists

VirginiaNew YorkNorth CarolinaRhode IslandIdentify each state’s road to acceptance/non-

acceptance and how that impacted the enforcement and execution of the Federal Constitution

4 Laggard States

Begin work on the Decades chart for the 1780’s.

Decades Chart

Read Chapter 9 and begin Chapter 10 Work on Charts that are due on Monday

1770’s1780’sRevolutionary War Chart-in class

Homework