Bohnert: Constitution Ch1

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The Constitution was written in ____

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1787

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The oldest document in English History is

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Magna Carta

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The law-making body of England is called

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Parliament

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The first representative assembly in America was? Options: House of Representatives, Senate, House of Burgesses, General Court

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House of Burgesses

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The first written constitution in America was: Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, Mayflower Compact, Virginia Resolutions, Declaration of Independence

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Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

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The person who did most of the work on the Declaration of Independence was

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Thomas Jefferson

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The Declaration of Independence states that ideas our government should be based on are: People have equal rights, Individual rights must be protected, Governments should be run by the people.

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All are correct

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The plan of government used before the Constitution went into effect was

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The Articles of Confederation

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The government of the United States in 1786 was organized around the

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Congress

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The three major successes of the Articles of Confederation were: It kept the states together as a nation, It managed the western lands, It won the Revolutionary war.

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All are correct