Continue chapter 9. Discuss compromises involved in the Constitution, ratification of the document itself, the Federalist and Anti-federalist debate, the inclusion of the Bill of Rights.

Continue discussing chapter 9. Focus on the need for the Constitution Convention and how it worked. Discuss differences between the Constitution and the Articles.

Review chapter 9. Discuss Articles of Confederation, its strengths and weakness.

Finish chapter 8. Discuss the arrival of French forces and the end of the Conflict. Review the Treaty of Paris.

Continue chapter 8. Discuss French support for War with a focus on Franklin and Adams as ambassadors to France. Discuss movement of fighting to the southern colonies.

Continue chapter 8. Focus on George Washington and his campaign against the British, survival vs. outright victory. Discuss American sentiments towards escalation of violence by King George including use of Hessian mercenaries.

Continue chapter 8. Focus on the Continental Congress course of action with King George: Olive Branch Petition to Declaration of Independence. Discuss who wrote the Declaration, why, and what it meant to the colonists and to the world over time.

Continue review and discussion of chapter 8. Focus on the support of the colonial troops fighting in Boston, Continental Congress backing the fighting and the beginnings of the move for Independence.

Review and discuss chapter 7. Focus on the Continental Congress.
Begin discussing chapter 8. Focus on the first initial battles of the conflict in Mass.

Review and discuss chapter 7.
Focus on the event leading directly up to the war including the Boston Massacre and Boston Tea Party.