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Illinois 16 Understand events, trends, individuals and movements shaping the history of Illinois, the United States and other nations.

16.8.14 Identify the people, debates, events, and documents associated with the drafting and ratification of the Constitution, including: Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, James Madison, and George Mason; The Federalist Papers; the ways in which slavery had divided the colonies following the Revolution, its effect on the Revolutionary War and the impact of the 3/5 Compromise at the Constitutional Convention.