Confederation and Constitution

• 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 Anti-Federalist?
• What were the major differences between the Federalist and Anti-Federalist, and who were the best-known members of each party?