AmHist Review (Gov't)

Up until 1776, the Thirteen Colonies were controlled by what country?

• France
• Spain
• Great Britain
• Germany

What was the rallying cry of the American Patriots?

• "Be fruitful and multiply!"
• "No taxation without representation!"
• "Remember the Boston Massacre!"
• "Better dead than Red!"

What famous document was signed on July 4, 1776?

• Constitution
• Bill of Rights
• Emancipation Proclamation
• Declaration of Independence

Who wrote that famous document?

• Thomas Jefferson
• James Madison
• Benjamin Franklin
• George Washington

After the Revolutionary War, what was the name of the first laws of the land?

• Constitution
• Bill of Rights
• Articles of Confederation
• Emancipation Proclamation

Who is known as the "Father of the Constitution"?

• John Adams
• James Madison
• James Monroe
• Benjamin Franklin

The first ten amendments to the Constitution are called what?

• The Ten Commandments
• The Bill of Rights
• The Articles
• The Federalist Papers

The Great Compromise solved the problem of both big and small states wanting representation. 

• True
• False

The Three-Fifths Compromise help settle the debate over whether to count slaves in the population or not.

• True
• False

Which compromise is made up of ideas from the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey plan?

• The Great Compromise
• The three-fifths compromise
• The constitutional compromise
• The big compromise