Week 8 Final
Week 8 Final
Week 8 Final
CONSTITUATION
Natasha Spinney
Southern New Hampshire University
(2019)
Three Historical Lenses
■ Social
Lens
■ Political
Lens
■ Economic
Lens
(Pendefender, 2018)
Social Lens
■ The essays that made up The Federalist was a large debate over redoing the
government to bridge the separation between the National Government and the
States.
Political
■ The United States Constitution was written due to the separate powers of the States
and the National Government.
Economic Lens
■ Part of unifying the government and making it one, meant there would be a cost, at
the time of writing the Constitution there was nothing funding the government.
Historical Narrative
Meyerson, M. (2009). Liberty’s Blueprint : How Madison and Hamilton Wrote the Federalist Papers, Defined the Constitution, and Made
Democracy Safe for the World. New York, N.Y.: Basic Books. Retrieved from https://search-ebscohost-
com.ezproxy.snhu.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=286531&site=eds-live&scope=site
PBS NewsHour. (2016, January 5). Watch President Obama Announce Gun Control Initiatives at White House. Retrieved from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IUVJCRfNS8
Pendefender. (2018, June 19). What is a Historical Lens. Retrieved form https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSMNvpkbnpY
Taylor, Q. P. (2002). Publius and Persuasion: Rhetorical Readings of The Federalist Papers. Political Science Reviewer, 31, 236.
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