Constitution & Federalism Review

The Virginia Plan proposed three branches of government like we have today

• True

• False

Shay’s Rebellion forced leaders to realize that the Articles of Confederation were too weak.

• True

• False

. Federalism means that all government power is concentrated in one place.

• True

• False

Because of what they saw as unfair taxation, colonists began to protest and demand representation in Parliament.

• True

• False

In 1787 the States met to revise the Articles of Confederation, but instead wrote the Constitution

• True

• False

The Declaration of Independence stated that man’s inalienable rights are life, liberty, and property

• True

• False

Under the Articles of Confederation, the government could borrow money and levy taxes

• True

• False

The Three-Fifths Compromise was how the States at the Constitutional Convention ended slavery in the Southern States

• True

• False

In order for Virginia and New York to approve the Constitution, the Bill of Rights had to be added to the Constitution

• True

• False

. The American colonists had representatives in Britain’s Parliament.​

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• False