Read some historians' views about the Founding Fathers and their interests, perhaps economic, in writing the Constitution. Historians' views have changed over time, and in the suggested student exercises, students are asked to assess their views, and determine how good a job the Founding Fathers did at resolving some of the thorny issues. [PDF]

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understanding history, anti-federalists, digital history, federalists, founding fathers, united states constitution

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• Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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