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This Day in Mr. Bruce's History Bell Work

What We Did In Class media type="custom" key="28038603"After a thorough read of Section 8.4 yesterday and completion of the Chapter 8 Reading Guide, we are ready to use a primary source to key in on the question pair introduced yesterday. We have been reading and hearing in the video source that Washington was reluctant but had sent and received letters to/from Henry Knox. Today we will read one such letter in this series and complete a close read. Again, we are looking to determine how the states wanted one kind of government, but needed another. Be sure to take adequate notes of this as you read.

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There is one question on the reading guide that I can't let go undiscussed. So before we dig into the document, I need to know how you answered the last question: **What do you think is the relationship between the purpose of government and the power of government?**

Notes It is certainly noteworthy that just yesterday I learned of a presentation and Q&A by one of my favorite authors of the Founding Era, Joseph Ellis. Evidently, another one of his books earned an award and he was invited to speak in an informal setting. The conversation couldn't be more relevant to our discussion. media type="custom" key="28036629"

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