Chapter 8
Creating the American Government
Expectations of the Student
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Explain the issues surrounding the writing of the Articles of Confederation
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Explain how the Northwest Ordinance established the principles and procedures for orderly expansion of
the United States
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Explain the role of compromise in the creation of the Constitution.
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Describe the causes and effects of the creation and ratification of the Constitution
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Analyze argument for and against the ratification of the Constitution
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Identify the influence of ideas from historic documents on the U.S. system of government, such as the
U.S. Constitution
Guiding Questions
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Why and how did the Articles of Confederation place limits on the government?
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What did the Northwest Ordinance do, and why was it important?
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Why did the Articles of Confederation fail?
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What were the arguments for and against ratification?
Essential Vocabulary
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republic
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New Jersey Plan
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Articles of
Confederation
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Great Compromise
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Three-Fifths
Compromise
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Land Ordinance of
1785
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Northwest
Ordinance
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Virginia Plan
Significant Events
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The Federalist
Papers
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Bill of Rights
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Confederation
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Federalism
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Philadelphia
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Federalists
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constitution
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Anti-Federalists
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ratify
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Annapolis
Convention
(1786)
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Shays’
Rebellion
(1786—1787)
Daniel Boone
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Edmund Randolph  James Madison
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George
Washington
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George Mason
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Benjamin Franklin
William Paterson
Constitutional
Convention
(1787)
Dates to Remember
(Assignment dates subject to change)
Essential People
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Roger Sherman
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Alexander
Hamilton
John Jay
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GPERSIA Vocab & 5 pics—Friday 11/01
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S.Q. Sec. 1 & 2—Monday 11/04
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N.W. Territory Map—Wed 11/06
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People—Friday 11/08
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Open Note Quiz—Fri 11/8
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Compromise & Convention—Mon 11/11
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Ch. 8 Test—Wednesday 11/13
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Geo Quiz List 2-Wed 11/20