Larisa English Club Podcast

Download PDF Welcome to Larisa English Club #19 What’s in The News? Road to The United States Constitution. Speaking Practice. Academy Awards. English Grammar. Verbs + Infinitive or –ING What’s in The News? Road to The United States Constitution. America’s search for a plan of national government was a slow,  difficult process. Compromise, cooperation, and creativity were required  as the Americans moved from being colonials in a patriarchal monarchy  to citizen-leaders in a representative republic of federal states. Most  of this process took place in the midst of a long, revolutionary war.  Not only were these “the times that try men’s souls,” in the words of  Thomas Paine, they were also the times that tested Americans’ intellects  and practical political skills in creating a strong, national,  republican government. The Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation, the  first constitution of the United States, on November 15, 1777,