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This Day in Mr. Bruce's History Bell Work

What We Did In Class media type="custom" key="28031605"Today we are going to begin a look into the natural consequences of a rebellion in that it forces change. As delegates agreed to attend a convention to be held in Philadelphia to begin in May 1787, we want to consider who they were, where they came from (not just place, but status and ideology), and how their background prefaces their debates.

To do this, we are going to read from the textbook, chapter 8 section 4 "Opening the Constitutional Convention" (pages 106-108). As we read, we will complete the Chapter 8 Reading Guide (link requires login to school Google account).

Here's the question that I want us to consider the remainder of this week as we progress. It goes back to a statement I made two weeks ago as we considered the nature of the Congress and the Articles of Confederation:

How was the government that the states needed not the government they wanted? And how was the government that the states wanted not the one they needed?

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