Should the Constitution have been ratified? Use evidence from the primary sources provided and a secondary source of your choosing to support your thesis. Write your warrant. Explain why your evidence supports your thesis.

HIST 1301 PBE: Mastery Assessment 3 Essay Prompts

Prompt : The Constitution

The U.S. Constitution was the work of a committee of many individuals with different ideas. Its existence is credited to compromise. Despite compromise its ratification was never certain. James Madison (left image) argued for ratification in Federalist Paper No. 10. Patrick Henry (center image) and George Mason (right image) argued against ratification in Virginia. Read these works related to ratification and use them, plus those sources you find on your own, to write an argumentative essay.

1. Should the Constitution have been ratified? Use this question to develop your thesis statement. Your thesis answers this question. One paragraph.
2. Use evidence from the primary sources provided and a secondary source of your choosing to support your thesis. 4–5 paragraphs.
3. Finally, write your warrant (conclusion). Explain why your evidence supports your thesis. One paragraph.

• Sources: These should be cited as an article on a website.
o James Madison: Federalist Paper No. 10
o Patrick Henry and George Mason: Arguments against Ratification