Governing a New Nation

New State Constitutions/Governments

1. State Constitutions - http://www.landofthebrave.info/state-constitutions.htm
2. Government Unit 1 Review - http://quizlet.com/11237692/government-unit-1-review-worksheet-flash-cards/
3. Natural Law and Constitution Making -http://www.nlnrac.org/american/founding-era-constitution-making
4. 1783-1784 - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/continental/timeline2d.html
5. 1785-1786 - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/continental/timeline2e.html
6. 1787-1788 - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/continental/timeline2f.html
7. To Form a More Perfect Union - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/continental/intro01.html

Articles of Confederation

1. America’s First Failure at Government - http://www.ushistoryscene.com/uncategorized/articlesofconfederation/
2. http://www.ushistory.org/us/14b.asp
3. Text - http://www.ushistory.org/documents/confederation.htm
4. Annotated Text - http://context.montpelier.org/document/693#passage-48
5. History.com - http://www.history.com/topics/articles-of-confederation
6. Timeline - http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/articles.html
7. The First Constitution - http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/charters_of_freedom_4.html
8. James Madison Papers - http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/mjmtext:@field(DOCID+@lit(jm020120))  and more http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query
9. Policies and Problems of the Confederation Government - http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/timeline/newnatn/confed/confed.html
10. Strengths and Weaknesses - http://quizlet.com/21925946/articles-of-confederation-strengths-and-weaknesses-flash-cards/
11. Revision Called for - http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/creating-the-united-states/road-to-the-constitution.html#obj8
12. Shay’s Rebellion - http://shaysrebellion.stcc.edu/  and  http://www.ushistory.org/us/15a.asp
13. The Source of the Evil is the Nature of Government - http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/creating-the-united-states/road-to-the-constitution.html#obj8
14. Revolt in Massachusetts - http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/creating-the-united-states/road-to-the-constitution.html#obj8
15. Franklin’s Draft - http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/contcong_07-21-75.asp
16. Dickenson’s Draft - http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/contcong_07-12-76.asp
17. In Franklin’s Autobiography - http://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/jeffauto.asp#artconfdebate

 Northwest Ordinance

1. An Ordinance for the Government of the Western Territory - http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/creating-the-united-states/road-to-the-constitution.html#obj17
2. This Day in History - http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/congress-enacts-the-northwest-ordinance
3. Chronicle of the Revolution - http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/popup_northwest.html
4. 6 Principles - http://constitution.laws.com/declaration-of-independence/the-northwest-ordinance
5. WikiHistoria - https://wikihistoria.wikispaces.com/Northwest+Ordinance
6. Map and Effects - http://www.americanhistoryusa.com/northwest-ordinance-1787-effects/