Lecture Notes: Articles of the Confederation to the Constitution
Channel: CoachBakerOnline
Date: 2012-09-11

analyze the development of American Constitutional government, explaining its relationship to the Enlightenment, and describe how the early national leaders implemented the new government (GPS) (SSUH_D2007-34)

34a - explain how weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation (no Executive branch, no taxation, no national currency, and no regulation of interstate commerce) and Daniel Shays' Rebellion led to a call for a stronger central government, 
34b - explain the key features of the Constitution, specifically, the Great Compromise, separation of powers, limited government, and the issue of slavery (3/5 Compromise) and connect them to the ideas of the Enlightenment, 
34c - evaluate the major arguments of the anti-Federalists and Federalists during the debate on ratification of the Constitution put forth in the Federalists Papers concerning form of government, factions, checks and balances, and the power of the executive, including the roles of Alexander Hamilton and James Madison, 
34d - analyze how the Bill of Rights serves as a protector of individual and states rights,