Constitution Unit Test

I argued for a strong, central government and I wrote the Bill of Rights. Today, I am called the "Father of the Constitution."

• Benjamin Franklin

• George Washington

• Alexander Hamilton

• James Madison

• George Mason

I feared a strong, central government would put too much power into the hands of a few people. I refused to sign the Constitution.

• Benjamin Franklin

• George Washington

• Alexander Hamilton

• James Madison

• George Mason

I was the President of the Constitutional Convention.

• Benjamin Franklin

• George Washington

• Alexander Hamilton

• James Madison

• Gouverneur Morris

I was the only New York delegate to remain at the convention. I wrote letters to newspapers advocating for a strong federal government.

• Benjamin Franklin

• George Washington

• Alexander Hamilton

• James Madison

• Gouverneur Morris

I was the oldest person to sign the Constitution

• Benjamin Franklin

• George Mason

• Alexander Hamilton

• James Madison

• Gouverneur Morris

I believed in a strong, central government. I gave many speeches at the Constitutional Convention and I said that everyone should have freedom of religion.

• Benjamin Franklin

• George Mason

• Alexander Hamilton

• James Madison

• Gouverneur Morris

The Articles of Confederation were the nation's first...

• Bill of Rights

• Plan for government

• Declaration of war

Under the Articles of Confederation, who had most of the power?

• the states

• the federal government

• the English government

_____ was an event that showed the need for a strong federal government.

• The Revolutionary War

• Shay's Rebellion

• The Constitutional Convention

The Constitutional Convention met in what city?

• Boston

• Virginia

• Philadelphia

• New York