Standard USHC-1.4

USHC-1.4 Analyze how dissatisfactions with the government under the Articles of Confederation were addressed with the writing of the Constitution of 1787, including the debates and compromises reached at the Philadelphia Convention and the ratification...

Grade(s): 9, 10, 11, 12

Year: 2011

Analyzing the Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation and Creation of US Constitution

Lesson

The student will be able to evaluate significant American founding documents in relation to the outcome of the American Revolution.

Birth Of The Constitution | History in a Nutshell

Episode 1

Video

After the American Revolution, the new United States of America needed to form a permanent government of its own. Why did the Articles of Confederation fail, and how did the U.S. Constitution come to...