Honors
October 2-4, 2007
1. Read: Read chapter five; take good study notes. Write a question for each of the sub-sections. (Due Thursday, October 18).
3. Write: Answer each of the following questions in outline form, incorporating specific facts (names, events, numbers, dates) to support your answers. (Due Thursday, October 18).
1) Describe the events and trends which led many Americans by 1787 to favor revising the Articles of the Confederation.
2) Summarize the major assumptions shared by most of the members of the Constitutional Convention. Explain the major disagreements during the convention. How were those disagreements settled?
3) Describe the process of ratifying the Constitution. Compare and contrast the views of those who favored and those who opposed its ratification.
4) Describe the establishment of the new American government under George Washington’s administration. What were the major problems faced by his administration, and how did it deal with them?
5) Describe the origin of political parties in