III.C.5.1

Describe the narrative of the people and events associated with the development of the United States constitution, and describe its significance to the foundation of the American republic, to include:<ol type="a"><li>colonists' and Native Americans' shared sense of individualism, independence and religious freedom that developed before the revolution</li><li>articles of confederation</li><li>purpose of the constitutional convention</li><li>natural rights expressed in the declaration of independence</li></ol>