The following pages provide additional links to online resources:

Think of these pages as electronic reserves. Refer students to them for online research.

Each page has a unique URL that you can link to from your own web page.

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- eReserves Index

Chapter 6- Shaping a Federal Union

Images and Maps

Shays's Rebellion
(There are numerous engravings and drawings of the event at this site.)

Colonial Hall: A Look at America's Founders
(Besides many essays exploring Constitutional issues, this site offers an image bank of the signers of the document.)

The Constitution of the United States
(This site from the National Archives offers images of the original document plus many paintings of its signers.)

Vote on the Ratification of the Constitution
(This map offers a geographical perspective on support for the Constitution.)

 

Primary Sources

The Northwest Ordinance, July 13, 1787

To Form a More Perfect Union: The Work of the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention
(A database of many documents from the Library of Congress American Memory collection)

Constitution of the United States

James Madison: His Legacy

The Federalist Society

The Avalon Project: The Federalist Papers

The Antifederalist Papers

Patrick Henry, "Against the Federal Constitution, June 5, 1788"

George Mason and the Bill of Rights
(This site explores Mason's opposition to the Constitution.)

 

Secondary Sources

Colonial Hall: A Look at America's Founders
(This site offers brief biographies of the Founding Fathers.)

The U.S. Constitution Online
(This site offers essays on several aspects of the Constitution.)

 

 

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