Discuss the ratification process of the Constitution of 1787. How did ratification lead to the formation of America’s first two political parties, the Federalists and Anti-Federalist? What were the major differences between the Federalist and Anti-Federalist, and who were the best-known members of each party?

Confederation and Constitution

Required Resources

-Read/review the following resources for this activity:

-Textbook: Chapter 7, 8 https://openstax.org/books/us-history/pages/preface

Lesson

-Link (website): Articles of Confederation (1777) https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/articles-of-confederation

-Minimum of 1 scholarly source (in addition to the textbook)

Initial Post

-For the initial post, address the following:

-Pick two (2) issues of the Articles of Confederation and describe the main problems that the United States was faced with under the Federation government.
-Analyze two major debates (see textbook Section 7.4) by which the Constitution was created in the summer of 1787.

Then, address one (1) of the following to your initial post:

-Discuss the ratification process of the Constitution of 1787.
-How did ratification lead to the formation of America’s first two political parties, the Federalists and Anti-Federalist?
-What were the major differences between the Federalist and Anti-Federalist, and who were the best-known members of each party?