Wednesday, August 26, 2009, 9:00 am
to 12:00 pm
Cicero-North Syracuse High School
Library
6002 Route 31
Cicero, NY 13039
Professor Ralph Ketcham, Syracuse University Maxwell School of
Citizenship and Public Affairs, History Department:
The Revolution and the New Nation
(1763—1791)
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8:30 am |
Coffee/Danish |
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9:00 am |
Ketcham discusses dissatisfaction under
British rule, the background to the American Revolution, and the
Revolutionary War |
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10:05 am |
Questions and Comments |
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10:40 am |
Ketcham continues his presentation with a discussion of the
weakness of the Articles of Confederation, the need for a Constitution, the
debates in Philadelphia in creating the Constitution, and the subsequent
Ratification Debates period. |
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11:30 am |
Questions and Comments |
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12:00 pm (noon) |
ADJOURN |
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