The constitutional framers postponed a solution to

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Explain how close the new nation
came to ending slavery.
Explain how close the new nation
came to gender equality.
Guided Reading & Analysis: The Constitution and The New Republic, 1787 – 1800
Chapter 6-
The Constitution and New Republic,
pp 103-129

Reading Assignment :
Ch. 6 AMSCO or other resource for content corresponding to Period 3
Key Concepts FOR PERIOD 3:
Key Concept 3.1: British attempts to assert tighter control over to pursue
self-government led to a colonial independence movement and the
Revolutionary War.
Key Concept 3.2: The American Revolution’s democratic and different
forms of government.
Key Concept 3.3: Migration within North America and intensified
conflicts among peoples and nations.
Guided Reading, pp 103-119
As you read the chapter, jot down your notes in the middle column. Consider your notes to be elaborations on the Objectives and Main
Ideas presented in the left column. When you finish the section, analyze what you read by answering the question in the right hand
column.
1.
1. The United States Under the Articles pp 103-104
After experiencing the
limitations of the
Articles of
Confederation ,
American political
leaders wrote a new
Constitution based on
the principles of
federalism and
separation of powers ,
crafted a Bill of Rights ,
and continued their
debates about the proper
balance between liberty
and order.
Difficulties over trade,
finances, and interstate
and foreign relations, as
well as internal unrest,
led to calls for
significant revisions to
the Articles of
Confederation and a
stronger central
government .
 Relations between the US and the major powers of Europe
were troubled
 States failed to adhere to the Treaty of Paris
 The US government was too weak to stop Britain from
maintaining military outposts on the western frontier and
restricting trade
 Caused economic depression
 Interstate rivalry and tension
 At the Annapolis Convention, it was discussed to revise the