Did the founders create a true democracy?

Is everyone's voice equally heard?  Do you agree with this definition of democracy?

According to the preamble, what were the goals of the founders?

Did they create a government that lived up to these goals? Explain your opinion with facts or text.

Homework:

Read, highlight, and complete questions for pages 1-7 in packet.

What compromises did the founders make to fix the problems with the Articles of Confederation?

How did the founders solve the problems under the Articles of Confederation?

Watch this cartoon to see.

Watch this cartoon to see some of the solutions agreed to at The Constitutional Convention.


Homework:

Use the following links to answer the following questions on loose leaf paper.
Remember to put a proper heading on your paper and to answer using complete sentences.

Link 1:

1.  Who attended the Constitutional Convention?

2.  Do you think it was possible for this group of delegates to create a true democracy?

Link 2:

3.  In the 18th century (1700s), what was meant by a "republican form of government?"

4.  According to the article, what type of government were the delegates at the Constitutional Convention looking to create?

Link 3:

5.  What was the main idea in Edmond Randoph's Virginia Plan?

6.  What did the New Jersey Plan state?

Link 4:

7.  What did the "Three-Fifths Clause" do?  Why?

8.  How did the founders at the Constitutional Convention deal with the issue of slavery?

Review American Revolutionary War

Hip Hop American History Review

How was George Washington able to win the American Revolutionary War?

Watch this scene from "George Washington."

Declaration of Independence

What was the purpose of the Declaration of Independence?

What were some of the issues discussed while it was being drafted?

Watch scene from HBO's John Adams.

Watch scene of Declaration being voted on.