1. Constitutional Underpinnings

2. Formulation and Adoption of the Constitution

3. Roots
Religious Freedom
Representative Government
Individual Liberties

4. The American Revolution
Declaration of Independence
John Locke and Natural Rights

5. The Articles of Confederation
Weaknesses
Shays’ Rebellion

6. The Constitutional Convention
The Delegates
Consensus
Conflict and Compromise
Ratification
The Federalist Papers
Bill of Rights

7. Separation of Powers

9. Federalist 51
Read It!

10. The Living Constitution
Formal Methods of Change
Informal Methods of Change
The Living Constitution

11. Federalism

12. Evolution of Federalism
Dual
Civil War
Cooperative
New
Progressive

13. Alternatives
Unitary
Confederation

14. Advantages Separation of Powers Unity Without Uniformity
State Governments Closer to People
Laboratories of Democracy

15. Constitutional Structure
National Government Powers
Expressed
Implied
Inherent
State Government Powers
Tenth Amendment
Supremacy Clause
Limits and Obligations
Interstate Relations

16. The Role of the Courts
Federalism Handout
Newspaper Articles

17. The Politics of Federalism
Centralist v. Decentralist
Growth of Big Government
Federal Grants
New Federalism
Devolution Revolution
Preemption
Progressive Federalism

18. Theories of Democratic Government
Types
Values
Conditions
Social Contract
Pluralist v. Elitist
Confederation, Federal, and Unitary
Parliamentary