2.c – Principles of the Constitution
11.2 CONSTITUTIONAL FOUNDATIONS (1763 – 1824): Growing political and economic tensions led the American colonists to declare their independence from Great Britain. Once independent, the new nation confronted the challenge of creating a stable federal republic
11.2c Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation led to a convention whose purpose was to revise the Articles of Confederation and instead resulted in the writing of a new Constitution. The ratification debate over the proposed Constitution led the Federalists to agree to add a bill of rights to the Constitution.
+Students will explore the development of the Constitution, including the major debates and their resolutions including compromises over representation, taxation, and slavery.
+Students will examine the structure, power, and function of the federal government as created by the Constitution, including key constitutional principles such as the division of power between federal and state government, the separation of powers at the federal level, the creation of checks and balances, the sovereignty of the people, and judicial independence.
+Students will examine the key points of debate expressed in the Federalist Papers and the Antifederalist Papers, focusing on the protection of individual rights and the proper size for a republic.
+Students will examine the rights and protections provided by the Bill of Rights and to whom they initially applied.
- 1.a – Establishing America
- 2.a – Path to Independence
- 2.b – Foundations of American Government
- 2.c – Principles of the Constitution
- Expansion, Nationalism, Sectionalism
- Civil War and Reconstruction
- Industrialism and Urbanization
- The Gilded Age
- The Populist Era
- American Progress
- World War I (USHG)
- Great Depression & New Deal
- World War II
- The Cold War Begins
- America From 1945-1980
- Civil Rights Movement
- The Modern Era
- Twenty First Century Issues
- Landmark Cases
- NYSFramework
