An Outline of American History (2005)

Chapter Four: The Formation of a National Government

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George Washington addressing the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, 1787. (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond. Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch.)

Chapter 4 : The Formation of a National Government State Constitutions Articles of Confederation The Problem of Expansion Constitutional Convention Debate and Compromise Ratification and the Bill of Rights President Washington Hamilton vs. Jefferson Citizen Genet and Foreign Policy Adams and Jefferson Louisiana and Britain War of 1812 The Second Great Awakening