Constitution Unit 1-5

The first 10 amendments were adopted a month after the Constitution was approved.

• True

• False

The New Jersey Plan favored the small states and the Virginia Plan favored the large states.

• True

• False

The Bill of Rights was proposed in an attempt to defeat the Constitution.

• True

• False

The only objection the colonists had toward British rule concerned trade regulations.

• True

• False

The Boston Tea Party occurred because of a tax dispute.

• True

• False

The British won the American Revolution.

• True

• False

The Declaration was written by:

• Franklin

• Jefferson

• Hamilton

• Adams

The Declaration was authorized by the :

• First Continental Congress

• Second Continental Congress

• New England Convention

• Sons of Liberty

Which was not an original colony?

• New Hampshire

• West Virginia

• Delaware

• New York

Who said, "Give me liberty or give me death!"

• Patrick Henry

• George Mason

• Paul Revere

• Alexander Hamilton