07.08.2009

==July 08, 2009: **The Anchoring of American Law, R.B. Bernstein** //Preparation for Wednesday, July 8 // == 
 * Bernstein, R. B. //In Book of Readings //: R. B. Bernstein, “Prologue”; “The Confederation in Quandary”; "The American Revolution as a Constitutional Crisis"; “History Quotations.”
 * In Kammen, M. Ed. //The Origins of the American Constitution: A Documentary History//. pp. 38-50 (The Constitution); pp. 10-18, (The Articles of Confederation).




 * What were the achievements and drawbacks of the Articles of Confederation?
 * What solutions did Americans who were thinking in national terms begin to design for the Articles of Confederation?

__SCHEDULE__
**8:00 a.m.** Coffee

solutions for them.
 * 8:30-9:00 **  Review
 * 9:00-10:30 ** Part Three: The Making of the Constitution --   This part will examine the Americans' hesitant experiments with government for the thirteen United States. First, it will consider the ramshackle Articles of Confederation, assessing the Confederation's achievements as well as its drawbacks. Second, it will explore how Americans who thought in national terms began to recognize the Confederation's weaknesses and to begin to design


 * 10:30-11:00** Break


 * 11:00-12:00** The Making of the Constitution, continued


 * 12:00-1:00 p.m.** Lunch


 * 1:00-1:45** Douglas Adair’s Vision of James Madison


 * 1:45-2:00** Break


 * 2:00-3:30** Breakout Session: Quotations on History from the Book of Readings: #6, 8, 11, 17, 20.

//__Preparation for Thursday, July 9__ // R.B. Bernstein, //Thomas Jefferson//, pp. 55-134; Founding //Fathers Reconsidered,// pp. 3-38 and pp. 115-180.