Answer:
The Following is a Rough Template for your Essay:
Explanation:
Event 1: The Ratification of the Constituion
- Establishes the fundamental basis for the workings of the US government to the present day
- Clearly establishes the need for and desire to establish and maintain a powerful executive and legislature, limits the powers of the states to an extent
- Provides the basis for the minting of national currency (compared to the state and bank currency used previously), and later allows for national fiat currency.
- Entrenches the issue of slavery for the next century
Event 2: The Louisiana Purchase
- Vastly expands US territory to the West
- Sets the foundation for Manifest Destiny
- Allows for the Mexican-American War and continued expansion
- The issue of slave vs. free states begins to threaten the nation
- Allows for the expulsion of Eastern Woodlands tribes under the Jackson administration
Event 3: The Civil War
- Finally addresses the issue of slavery
- Greatly increases the power of the Executive
- Divides the US socioeconomic landscape for the next few decades.
This is enough for you to expand upon in a full essay
