RCC Second Continental Congress Debate Questions
1- What questions did the Second Continental Congress debate, and how did it address them?
2- What was the impact of Thomas Paine’s Common Sense on Americans’ view of the war with Britain?
3- What were the ideals of the new state and national governments? and how did those ideals compare with the realities of American Society?
4- How did the Constitution of 1787 attempt to resolve the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
5- What role did The Federalist Papers play in the battle over ratification of the Constitution? Were they successful?
6- Explain the significance of the Stamp Act, Tea Act, and other taxes placed on the colonist by the British.
7- In what was did the Articles of Confederation solve some of the issues the colonist had with the British form of government?
