Read the documents (the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the US Constitution with the Bill of Rights) and write a short essay concerning the foundations of the US government and the documents that led to the US Constitution. The Declaration lays out the complaints the colonists had with the British system; how do they attempt to rectify those issues in the Articles? What were some of the major problems with the Articles? How were the problems rectified in the US Constitution? This essay should not be based on opinion; it is an analytical essay based on the documents provided. The only other source you may use outside of the readings is your textbook. Use MLA format.
