Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Chapter 2 Enlightenment - Constitution

Section 1 is a history of enlightenment ideas slowly realized through various documents and challenges to autocratic rule.  Question: Why should we not be surprised by the Declaration of Independence, both by it's timing and the language in it?

Sections 2 is timeline of events in the colonies leading up to the writing of the Declaration.  Question:
What ideas (phrases) in the declaration are of John Locke and the enlightenment (5), and what are the major grievances the colonists had with England (5)?

Section 3 identifies the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation. Question: Why were the Articles of Confederation a failure (5) and what are the remedies (5)?

Section 4 identifies the major provisions of the Constitution and the remedies for the Articles weakness'
question: How much power did the constitution give to the national government versus the states? Did the constitution satisfy both the federalist and antifederalist? evidence?

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