A group of students puts on a play that examines the challenges, conflicts, and compromises which occurred during the writing of the United States Constitution.
Contains primary and secondary source articles that document significant developments and events in the history of the United states from 1784 to 1850, discussing the formation of the government, expansion, the Jacksonian age and Manifest Destiny.
Shortly after the War of Independence, Hannah sees her family being torn apart by old secrets and new developments, as her sister resolves to marry a sea captain and other siblings prepare to help start a new town in the Northwest Territory.
Recounts the story of America's fourth president, known as the Father of the Constitution, describing his early life in Virginia and his many years of service in public office.