This 12-slide PPT presentation helps to introduce the founding of the United States government.
Find this lesson bundled with several others in a discounted Government Unit I: http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Government-and-Civics-Unit-I
The topics include:
Articles of Confederation, American differences that nearly halted nation's founding, Virginia and New Jersey Plans, bicameral legislature, Constitutional Convention, Federalists vs. Anti-Federalists, Constitution, Bill of Rights