The Formation of a National Government

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

1. State Constitutions
2. Articles of Confederation
3. The Problem of Expansion
4. Constitutional Convention
5. Debate and Compromise
6. Ratification and the Bill of Rights
7. President Washington
8. Hamilton vs. Jefferson
9. Citizen Genet and Foreign Policy
10. Adams and Jefferson
11. Louisiana and Britain
12. War of 1812
13. The Second Great Awakening

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    • Acknowledgements
    • Early America
    • The Colonial Period
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    • The Formation of a National Government
    • Westward Expansion and Regional Differences
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