Chapter 9

1. How did the revolutionary American ideas of natural human rights, equality, and freedom fro governmental tyranny affect developments in the immediate post –Revolutionary period?
2. Which problems of the post-Revolutionary period and weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation lead to the adoption of a new Constitution?

Chapter 10

1. What were the most important issues facing the new federal government, and how did the Washington administration address them?
2. What were the philosophical disagreements between Hamilton and Jefferson that led to the creation of the first American political parties?