Today's Agenda

Content Standards:
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Learning Target:
I can summarize the strengths and weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation, and I can evaluate the degree to which they were a reaction to the colonists' experiences with Great Britain.

Critical Vocabulary: Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, Shays’ Rebellion, Constitutional Convention, Federalism, Virginia Plan, New Jersey Plan, Great Compromise, Three-Fifths Compromise, Federalists, Anti-Federalists, First Party System, Loose vs. Strict  Construction, Elastic Clause, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson
 
Today's Agenda:

1. Background Question: What document established the United States' first system of government in 1781?
2. Citizenship Question: Who was the first President of the United States? 
   A. John Hancock 
   B. James Madison 
   C. Benjamin Franklin 
   D. George Washington
3. Guided Instruction:The Articles of Confederation
4. ​Reflection Question: How did the colonists' experiences with Great Britain impact the Articles of Confederation?