BUILDING A REPUBLIC 1775–1789

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BUILDING A REPUBLIC 1775–1789

1775–1789

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> What were the most significant events that led to the formulation and ratification of the U.S. Constitution? Chapter 8 examines the challenges America faced in the 1780s, the efforts of the states to define freedom and citizenship, and the process that led to the abandonment of the Articles of Confederation and the adoption of the Constitution.

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George Washington presides over the constitutional convention. Philadelphia, 1787. The Granger Collection, New York.