1. The Confederation and the Constitution 1776-1790

2. Articles of Confederation Activity

3. Groups 1 & 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 until “benefit of the United States…” 9 after ellipses 10 11 12 13

4. The Articles of Confederation For your article, answer: 1.Why is it important to the maintenance of the States? 2.What republican values are present, if any? 3.What democratic values are present or missing? 4.What are the benefits to your article? 5.What are potential problems with your article?

5. Demobilization

7. Preparing the West

12. Discuss “The organization of land after the Revolutionary War was one of the few areas of success for the new nation.” Refute and defend this position.

13. “Conquest Theory”

15. Spain and the Mississippi River

16. National Debt

17. European threats on the new nation

19. Political Uproar

20. Shays’s Rebellion, 1786

22. The rise of federalism

24. The Convention & Compromises

28. Federalists vs. Anti-Federalists

30. Discuss In becoming a successfully-run country, where did the US exhibit skill? Luck? Foresight? Proper hindsight?