At the end of class on Friday, we were just about to look at what is called the Land Ordinance Acts of 1784 and 1785 (Brinkley refers to them as simply "The Ordinances"), and the Northwest Ordinance Act of 1787, which replaces the Land Ordinance Act of 1784, so let's forget about the 1784 Act.
I would like to spend time looking at USGS topographic maps in the effort to illustrate exactly how the 1785 act is very much alive today in the form of "legal descriptions."
Will we then have time to cover the last two subsections, "Indians and the Western Lands" and Debts, Taxes, and Daniel Shays"? Time, literally, will tell.
Homework:
- Read and take notes on the "Introduction" and "Conclusion" of Chapter 6.
- In addition, look at the picture of the broadside on p. 161. Do research on identifying who Cincinnatus was and what he had to do with the "Society of Cincinnati."
- Take notes on subsection, "Advocates of Centralization."
- Read and understand where historians disagree on the reason for a new constitution for this new nations (pp. 164-165).
Tuesday
Wrap up Chapter 5 as well as introduce Chapter 6, "The Constitution and the New Republic."
Discuss the role of Cincinnatus and what it has to do with the new republic.
Identify the reasons for the desire for a new stronger central government.
Homework:
- Take notes on subsection, "A Divided Convention,""Compromise" and "The Constitution of 1787."
Wednesday
Discuss the information found in last night's homework --- this is HUGE!
Homework:
The class will divide up into three groups to research the main parts of the:
- Executive
- Legislature
- Judicial
Found in the Constitution (pp. A12-A 22).
Thursday
Group finding presentations.
Review of Friday's Test
Friday
Chapter 5 and limited sections of Chapter 6 TEST
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