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Paper-collage handwritten comic of a blueprint building federal institutions beside department, federal court and cabinet-practice cards and the 1791 Bill of Rights.

Launching the Federal Government: Washington and the Bill of Rights

Review Washington’s precedents, executive departments, the Judiciary Act of 1789 and the Bill of Rights with primary sources and CLEP practice.

Reed-pen handwritten comic of a student comparing Federalist ratification with Anti-Federalist pressure for the Bill of Rights ratified in 1791.

Federalists vs. Anti-Federalists: Ratification and the Bill of Rights

Compare Federalist and Anti-Federalist arguments, the Massachusetts ratification compromise and the Bill of Rights with primary sources and CLEP practice.

Pastel handwritten comic of an atlas comparing national and state levels of federalism with Congress, president and courts under separation of powers.

Federalism, Separation of Powers and Republican Government Explained

Hand-drawn historian examining apportionment and denied voting rights to explain the unjust political effects of the Three-Fifths Compromise.

Constitutional Bargains and Slavery: Representation, Trade and Power

Handwritten gouache comic of a student viewing Shays’ Rebellion through debtor and creditor lenses, comparing taxes and foreclosure with contracts.

Shays’ Rebellion: Economic Crisis, Court Closures and Reform

Watercolor handwritten comic of a survey compass holding an empty tax purse beside the Northwest Ordinance path to statehood and a reminder of absent Native consent.

Articles of Confederation and Western Lands: Powers and Ordinances

Handwritten pottery-studio comic comparing Pennsylvania’s 1776 one-house legislature with Massachusetts’s 1780 two-house design and asking who could vote.

State Constitutions and Republican Experiments: Power and Participation

Hand-drawn Yorktown comic contrasts allied land forces and the French fleet in 1781 with independence recognized at Paris in 1783.

Yorktown and the Treaty of Paris: Victory, Peace and Consequences

Handwritten dressmaker comic depicts a republic jacket with old seams labeled slavery, gender hierarchy, and Native land loss beside public good and civic virtue.

Republicanism and the Revolution’s Social Limits: Rights and Change

Hand-drawn accordion-book comic presents Loyalists, Native nations, enslaved people, and women, emphasizing varied wartime choices and uncertain outcomes.

Loyalists, Native Nations, Enslaved People and Women in the Revolution

Handwritten gear-workshop comic links Saratoga in 1777 to the French alliance in 1778, illustrated with a French ship, coins, and supplies.

Military Turning Points and the French Alliance: Saratoga to 1778

Handwritten comic contrasts Common Sense challenging monarchy in January 1776 with the Declaration justifying separation in July 1776.

Common Sense and the Declaration of Independence: Key Differences

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