Part I:

1. Compare and contrast the Articles of Confederation and the US Constitution.

2. Evaluate the reasoning of the Founders for creating a United States Constitution rather than revising the Articles of Confederation.

3. What was different about the creation of our government compared others at that time? What was similar?

4. Identify the key compromises that the founders agreed upon. Which was the most important and why?

5. What principles or ideas in the United States Constitution have made it work so well into the present? Explain your thinking.

6. Pick one of the principles that form the basis of the United States Constitution. Write about an event in history or a current event that illustrates this principle in action.

7. In your opinion, who or what was the most important person, place or idea at the Constitutional Convention and why?

8. Benjamin Franklin spoke about the sun carving on the back of George Washington’s chair. How is the sun a symbol (beyond Franklin's words - provide details to show your thinking) for what was happening in America from colonial days up through the close of the convention?