America After the Revolution

America's New Beginning: The challenges after independence; The Articles of Confederation: Our first attempt at government and its weaknesses; Shays' Rebellion: A wake-up call for change; The Constitutional Convention: Crafting a new framework; Big vs. Small States: The Virginia and New Jersey Plans; The Great Compromise: How we found common ground; Three Branches of Government & Checks and Balances: Preventing too much power; Slavery's Shadow: The tough compromises made; Ratifying the Constitution: Federalists vs. Anti-Federalists; The Federalist Papers: Explaining the new government; The Bill of Rights: Protecting our freedoms

Ricardo Millan