Which issue did NOT create conflict in the development of the Constitution in 1787?

Dividing the new government into three branches: executive, judicial, and legislative.

The inclusion of slaves in the population count.

The division of the Legislature into two houses- Senate and House of Representatives.

Basing representation in the federal government on population size.

What was a major weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

The federal government had little power.

The federal government represented all thirteen states.

The Articles of Confederation could be revised

The Articles of Confederation was not ratified by all the states.

Why did the authors of the Articles of Confederation want a federal government with little power?

They had just freed themselves from the domination of a strong, powerful government in Great Britain.

They did not favor a government that gave power to the southern states.

The considered themselves thirteen separate states rather than one nation.

They wanted local government to have the most power since that form of government was closest to the people.

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1. What two countries were the major combatants in the French and Indian War and signed the Treaty of Paris?

France and the United States

France and Spain

France and Great Britain

Great Britain and United States

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

1. How did the French and Indian War lead to the American Revolution?

England was heavily in debt and taxed the colonists to help pay off the debt.

France lost the Louisiana Territory and the Southern colonies argued with England over claims to the newly acquired land.

American colonists were angry that they were forbidden to settle past the Appalachian Mountains and were willing to fight for the right to settle in the west.

King George III of England declared that American colonists were not English citizens.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why was anti-British sentiment less popular in Georgia than in other colonies?

Georgia had more British settlers than other colonies.

Georgia was the youngest colony and needed more support from the mother country.

Georgia had a much smaller population and didn't have enough people to send to war.

Georgia colonists were strongly in favor of the Stamp Act.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How did Georgia respond to the Stamp Act?

Georgia was the only colony to produce and sell any stamps.

Georgians were angered by the Stamp Act and rioted in the streets.

Georgians ignored the Stamp Act entirely.

All Georgians faithfully obeyed the law.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

1. The primary author of the Declaration of Independence was...

Thomas Paine

Benjamin Franklin

John Adams

Thomas Jefferson

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The first constitution of the United States of America was called the…

American Constitution

Constitution of the United States

Confederation of Colonies

Articles of Confederation

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Georgians who signed the Declaration of Independence were…

William Few, Lyman Hall, and Elijah Clarke.

William Baldwin, John Hancock, and Robert Morris.

George Walton, Button Gwinnett, and Lyman Hall.

John Hancock, John Adams, and George Walton.

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