Presenting a round table discussion for all teachers and students of government and civics. Sources are linked to provide audience opportunity for deeper study.
Key Topics
0:00 Intro
5:20
The Articles of Confederation was “weak, imperfect, and distracted, and anarchy, poverty, infamy, and slavery await the United States.” I believe we understand what “weak, imperfect, and anarchy” mean. But could you clarify what you think is meant by “distracted, poverty, infamy, and slavery”?
11:50
My understanding of history is that instability and disorder are the natural consequences for countries that have been through significant social or political change. Do you agree?
19:00
Were the Articles as bad as the quote from the Pennsylvania Gazette implies?
25:05
What would you identify as the biggest weakness/problem of the Articles of Confederation?
30:40
One of the main criticisms of the Philadelphia Convention was that it was held in “secret” outside the reach of the people. Do you agree with that? What other problems did those that would be labeled anti-Federalist have with the Convention?
44:30
Am I correct to note that it seems that the Framers of the Constitution expected future conventions to be held? If not then why have that possibility inserted into Article V of the Constitution?
50:00
So, we didn’t hold a new convention or write a new constitution after the Civil War, or during the Great Depression or the Civil Rights movement. So, if none of these challenges led to a new constitution, what trials and tribulations would have to exist for a new convention to be called for the purpose of writing a new constitution?
References and Resources
Resources for our session tonight (U2Q2)
The Mississippi River Crisis
Madison’s Vices
Attempts to Amend the AoC
Assessments of the Philadelphia Convention
Assessments of Individual Delegates to the Philadelphia Convention
Instructions to the Delegates to the Philadelphia Convention
The Continentalist I
The Continentalist V
Robert Kagan “Our Constitutional Crisis in Already Here.”
Benjamin Rush
Holton, Unruly Americans
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