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Teaching American History: Ratification of the Constitution WebsiteTeaching American History: Ratification of the Constitution Website
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Teaching American History
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9th - 10th
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Teaching American History: Ratification of the Constitution

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Dive into the times following the Constitutional Convention when the people and the leaders carried on in-depth conversations about the proposed constitution for the new nation. There were debates between Federalists and Antifederalists and state ratifying conventions which are introduced in this resource.

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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