The U.S. Constitution #1 (Ch. 1-4)

A limited government depends on...

• consent of the people.

• power of the king.

• size of the country.

• number of voters.

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Madison

• George Washington

• Edmund Randolph

What document did each state write after gaining independence from Britain?

• a declaration

• a constitution

• a will

• a compromise

What freedom did most state governments protect under law?

• freedom of speech

• freedom of religion

• right to trial by jury

• all of the above

Religious freedom means that you...

• believe in a god.

• can build churches anywhere.

• have the right to believe as you wish.

• don't have to pay to go to church.

What did the Second Continental Congress do?

• write the Constitution and elect the president

• convince Britain to lower taxes and pull out troops

• nominate convention delegates and choose a meeting place

• run the war and write the Articles of Confederation

The Articles of Confederation...

• allowed people to elect their representatives to the Congress.

• made the president of the Congress too strong.

• gave the central government too little power to be effective.

• failed to provide sufficient protections for states' rights.

In 1787, what rights did the Congress guarantee to settlers of the Northwest Territory?

• the same rights as people in the thirteen states

• the right to settle all land west of the Mississippi River

• the right to own and trade enslaved people

• the same rights as Native Americans on reservations

What was the stated purpose, according to the Congress, of the Grand Convention of the States in 1787?

• to elect a president

• to recommend changes to the Articles of Confederation

• to write a new constitution

• to petition the states for money to pay foreign debts

It was important that the Constitutional Convention did not fail to create a republican government that worked.

• True

• False