1. Declaration of Independence
1.1. 1.) What is the purpose of this document?
1.1.1. To tell foreign nations why they seperated the colonies from Great Britain.
1.2. 2.) Who was responsible for writing it?
1.2.1. Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, John Adams, Robert Livingston.
1.3. 3.) What time frame was/is the document significant?
1.3.1. 1776-present.
1.4. 4.) How is the document structured?
1.4.1. It is divided into smaller sections, with each section having a special purpose.
1.5. 5.) What are the top 5 most important things we need to know about this document?
1.5.1. 1. Signed july 4, 1776 2. More than on copy exists. 3. 8 of the 56 signers were born in Britain. 4. there are things written on the back. 5. Was in world war 2
2. Northwest Ordinance
2.1. 1.) What is the purpose of this document?
2.1.1. To make the northwest teritory
2.2. 2.) Who was responsible for writing it?
2.2.1. Nathan Dane
2.3. 3.) What time frame was/is the document significant?
2.3.1. 1787
2.4. 4.) How is the document structured?
2.4.1. Document.
2.5. 5.) What are the top 5 most important things we need to know about this document?
2.5.1. 1. Formed new states. 2. helped economy. 3. A law from our gov. 4. Didn't affect slavery issues. 5. Split country
3. Articles of Confederation
3.1. 1.) What is the purpose of this document?
3.1.1. To provide governing structure for the country
3.2. 2.) Who was responsible for writing it?
3.2.1. John Dickinson
3.3. 3.) What time frame was/is the document significant?
3.3.1. 1777
3.4. 4.) How is the document structured?
3.4.1. provided one branch of government
3.5. 5.) What are the top 5 most important things we need to know about this document?
3.5.1. 1. Made this countries start. 2. was established in 1777. 3. each state only had one vote in congress. 4. put the fear out of people. 5. didn't let shipments through the U.S.A without gov. approval.
4. Constitution
4.1. 1.) What is the purpose of this document?
4.1.1. to provide for the governmental powers, the legal system, and the rights of citizens in the nation.
4.2. 2.) Who was responsible for writing it?
4.2.1. Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Thomas Paine, and John Adams - George Washington
4.3. 3.) What time frame was/is the document significant?
4.3.1. 1787-present.
4.4. 4.) How is the document structured?
4.4.1. In numerical order
4.5. 5.) What are the top 5 most important things we need to know about this document?
4.5.1. 1. without the it we would still be divided staets. 2. was made of what was already there. 3. built a more perfect union. 4. wasn't perfect. 5. Told by the preamble.
5. Bill of Rights
5.1. 1.) What is the purpose of this document?
5.1.1. protect individual liberties even if a majority wants to take them away.
5.2. 2.) Who was responsible for writing it?
5.2.1. James Madison
5.3. 3.) What time frame was/is the document significant?
5.3.1. 1791-present
5.4. 4.) How is the document structured?
5.4.1. numerical order.
5.5. 5.) What are the top 5 most important things we need to know about this document?
5.5.1. 1. the first ten amendments
6. Federalist Papers
6.1. 1.) What is the purpose of this document?
6.1.1. Promoted the ratification of the U.S.A constitution.
6.2. 2.) Who was responsible for writing it?
6.2.1. Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay
6.3. 3.) What time frame was/is the document significant?
6.3.1. 1787-present
6.4. 4.) How is the document structured?
6.4.1. Numerical order.
6.5. 5.) What are the top 5 most important things we need to know about this document?
6.5.1. 1. has 85 articals in it. 2. the papers were secret. 3. hamillton wrote 51 articles.4. Madison wrote 26 articles. 5. jay wrote 5 articles.
7. Anti-Federalist Papers
7.1. 1.) What is the purpose of this document?
7.1.1. To try to make a firmer connected union.
7.2. 2.) Who was responsible for writing it?
7.2.1. there is no canonical list anti-federalist authors, major authors include Cato (likely George Clinton), Brutus (likely Robert Yates), Centinel (Samuel Bryan), and the Federal Farmer
7.3. 3.) What time frame was/is the document significant?
7.3.1. 1780's to 1790's.
7.4. 4.) How is the document structured?
7.4.1. unorganized and scattered
7.5. 5.) What are the top 5 most important things we need to know about this document?
7.5.1. 1. authors are unknown. 2. trying to push a new union. 3. poor people were usually anti-federalists. 4. the papers strongly apposed the ratification of the constitution. 5. was made by strong orginizations.