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The student will demonstrate knowledge of the issues involved in the creation and ratification of the United States Constitution and how the principles of limited government, consent of the governed, and the social contract are embodied in it by:
| (a) explaining the origins of the Constitution, including the Articles of Confederation; |
| (b) identifying the major compromises necessary to produce the Constitution, and the roles of James Madison and George Washington; |
| (c) describing the conflict over ratification, including the Bill of Rights and the arguments of the Federalists and Anti-Federalists; |
| (d) examining the significance of the Virginia Declaration of Rights and the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom in the framing of the Bill of Rights. |
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