Road to the Constitution!

The Revolutionary War is behind us!  So, what did the new United States do next?  It actually didn't go to smoothly for about 6 years.  The new country almost fell apart a few times, especially with Shays' Rebellion.  This rebellion actually got us moving in the right direction though.  After the Revolution, we had 13 separate states who agreed to a "strong league of friendship" under the Articles of Confederation.  The states didn't work too well together this way, and Congress couldn't really do much of anything, except regulate the post office (Whoa what power!).  The next few weeks before Christmas we will talk about the events that cause our young nation to wake up and get on the right track, and how they formed our new government under the Constitution.  We will also learn about how this government works and functions by actually doing it ourselves!  Every class will be its own "country" that uses the US Constitution as its form of government.  It is going to be awesome.