Confederation and Constitution

Read/review the following resources for this activity:
Textbook: Chapter 7, 8
Lesson
Link (website): Articles of Confederation (1777) (Links to an external site.)
Minimum of 1 scholarly source (in addition to the textbook)
Initial Post
For the initial post, address the following:
Pick two (2) issues of the Articles of Confederation and describe the main problems that the United States was
faced with under the Federation government.
Analyze two major debates (see textbook Section 7.4) by which the Constitution was created in the summer of
1787.
Then, address one (1) of the following to your initial post:
Discuss the ratification process of the Constitution of 1787.
How did ratification lead to the formation of America’s first two political parties, the Federalists and AntiFederalist?
What were the major differences between the Federalist and Anti-Federalist, and who were the best-known
members of each party?
Follow-Up Posts
Compare your selections and analysis of those selections with those of your peers. If they chose a different
perspective, examine how yours are similar and/or different. If they chose the same perspective, build on their
posts by providing additional information about the events that you have not already noted in your own post.