Discuss the ratification process of the Constitution of 1787.

Discussion 2: Confederation and Constitution

Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity:

· Textbook: Chapter 7, 8

· Lesson

· Link (website): Articles of Confederation (1777) (Links to an external site.)

· Minimum of 1 scholarly source (in addition to the textbook)

Initial Post For the initial post, address the following:

· Pick two (2) issues of the Articles of Confederation and describe the main problems that the United States was faced with under the Federation government.

· Analyze two major debates (see textbook Section 7.4) by which the Constitution was created in the summer of 1787.

Then, address one (1) of the following to your initial post:

· Discuss the ratification process of the Constitution of 1787.

· How did ratification lead to the formation of America’s first two political parties, the Federalists and Anti-Federalist?

· What were the major differences between the Federalist and Anti-Federalist, and who were the best-known members of each party?

Follow-Up Posts Compare your selections and analysis of those selections with those of your peers. If they chose a different perspective, examine how yours are similar and/or different. If they chose the same perspective, build on their posts by providing additional information about the events that you have not already noted in your own post.

Publication Date: 2014

APA Citation

OpenStax. (2019). U.S. history. OpenStax CNX. Retrieved from https://cnx.org/contents/p7ovuIkl@6.18:gMXC1GEM@7/Introduction