Confederation Period Re-Take Test

The ___ was the first written plan of government in the United States

• Articles of Confederation

• The Constitution

• New Jersey Plan

• Virginia Plan

Which was NOT a power of the congress under the Articles of Confederation?

• Coin Money

• Conduct Foreign Affairs

• Collect Taxes

• Declare War

What majority of states needed to agree on an issue for it to pass under the Articles of Confederation?

• 7/13

• 8/13

• 9/13

• 10/13

What was the armed rebellion in Massachusetts called, where farmers protested high taxes and debt?

• Revolutionary War

• Shays Rebellion

• Shays Conflict

• Daniel Shays War

When and where did the Constitutional Convention take place?

• Philadelphia

  1787

• Boston

  1776

• New York

  1786

• Washington D.C.

  1788

Who was the creator of the Virginia Plan? He also is known as the "father" of the constitution.

• George Washington

• Daniel Shays

• Alexander Hamilton

• James Madison

The Articles of Confederation was deliberately weak because colonists feared a tyrannical government

• True

• False

Which is true about the NW Ordinance?

• Outlined the process for new states to enter the union

• Slavery was outlawed in the NW Territory

• Acknowledged that Native Americans had a rightful claim to their land

• All of these are true

Which plan of government called for a BICAMERAL (two house) legislature?

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

Which plan called for each state to have EQUAL representation, regardless of population?

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan