New Nation and State

What document setup America’s first national government?

• Articles of Confederation
• Declaration of Independence
• The Bill of Rights
• U.S. Constitution

The main cause of tension between the Up Country and Low Country after the Revolution was over 

• representation in the state legislature.     
• how to punish Loyalists for supporting the British.
• how slaves would be counted for representation
• where to build the capital

The General Meeting elected the Committee of 99 to

• govern S.C. before the fighting began
• increase the trade of the Low Country
• prevent slave rebellions
• protest the unfair British taxes

The state constitutions of 1776 and 1778 setup a

• bicameral legislature and an executive with veto power
• A)    board of governors to regulate law and order in the state.
• A)  check and balance system for the government. 
• unicameral legislature and board of governors

What national political group wrote the Articles of Confederation?

• The Federalists
• Continental Congress
• The Committee of 99
• The Lords Proprietors

What violent event in Massachusetts convinced many that the Articles of Confederation were dangerous and needed to be changed?

• Boston Massacre
• Shays' Rebellion
• Boston Tea Party
• Stono Rebellion

What political body governed S.C. during fighting of the American Revolution and wrote the state’s first constitution?

• Continental Congress 
• Committee of 99
• Grand Council
• Provincial Congress

In what agreement did people of the Up Country pledge neutrality during the Revolutionary War?

• Treaty of Neutrality
• Treaty of Ghent
• Treaty of Paris
• Treaty of 96

The Articles of Confederation were weak for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

• they could not regulate trade among the states          
• there was no army for protection
• there was no money to operate a government
• there was a Congress to make laws

Why did South Carolina need a constitution in 1776?

• It was no longer a colony but a state
• Because Loyalists were attacking Patriots
• The British refused to govern the state
• The members of the Continental Congress resigned