Nation of Nations 3/e Davidson, Gienapp, Heyrman, Lytle, and Stoff
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES

When you have finished studying this chapter, you should be able to:

1. Describe the character of the first state constitutions and explain the ways in which they reflected the postwar view of republicanism.
2. Describe the Articles of Confederation and explain why the formation of the first national government aroused little interest.
3. Explain the ways in which the settlement of the West gave rise to diplomatic and domestic political conflicts.
4. Explain the understanding of "equality" and the scope and limits of social change in the postrevolutionary period.
5. Describe the framing of the federal Constitution and explain why, by the late 1780s, many American political leaders were willing to establish a strong national government.

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