A New Plan of Government

The first state to ratify the Constitution.

• Rhode Island
• New York
• New Hampshire
• Virginia

The supreme law of the land is/are...

• the Constitution.
• the states.
• Congress.
• the Supreme Court.

What is the purpose of having checks and balances?

• No single branch can have more power than another
• Congress has to write personal checks for expenditures
• To allow the states to do anything they want
• Each branch can have more power than another

These three men were strong supporters of the Constitution.

• Franklin, Jay, Madison
• Madison, Hamilton, Washington
• Hamilton, Franklin, Jefferson
• Madison, Hamilton, Jay

An Enlightenment thinker that believed in natural rights.

• Baron de Montesquieu
• Benjamin Franklin
• Thomas Paine
• John Locke

The last state to ratify the Constitution was

• New Hampshire
• Massachusettes
• Delaware
• Rhode Island

Ancient civilization that was a model for American democracy.

• Greece
• Aztec
• Egypt
• Rome

Published in newspapers to explain and defend the Constitution.

• Common Sense
• Articles of Confederation
• Federalist Papers
• The Spirit of Laws

He believed strongly in a republic government.

• Thomas Jefferson
• Patrick Henry
• Samuel Adams
• Benjamin Franklin

Which of these can the federal government not do?

• Tax
• Declare war
• Establish schools
• Regulate trade