Constitutional Convention and Ratification

What was the purpose of the Constitutional Convention?

• To revise the Bill of Rights

• To draft a letter to the King of England

• To revise the Articles of Confederation

• To decide how to punish the men who participated in Shays' Rebellion

Why did Americans decide that the Articles of Confederation needed to be revised?

• They no longer wanted to be an independent country and wanted to ask to be part of the British Empire again

• Articles did not provide for a strong enough federal government

• The United States economy was strong

• United States was suffering economically

The Constitutional Convention took place in 

• 1607
• 1776
• 1787
• 1804

The Constitutional Convention took place in the city of 

• Jamestown
• New York
• Boston
• Philadephia

The purpose for meeting at the Constitutional Convention was to 

• discuss a Bill of Rights
• write a new constitution 
• revise the Articles of Confederation
• elect a president

The word bicameral means:

• Two cameras
• One branch or house
• Two branches or houses
• One camel

The word Unicameral means:

• Two cameras
• One branch or house
• Two branches or houses
• One camel

Smaller states supported which of the following plans:

• The Virginia Plan
• The Articles of Confederation
• The New Jersey Plan
• The Grove Plan

Larger states supported which of the following plans:

• The Virginia Plan
• The Articles of Confederation
• The New Jersey Plan
• The Grove Plan

This plan for a new government would create a bicameral legislature with both a House of Representatives and the Senate.

• The Virginia Plan
• The Articles of Confederation
• The New Jersey Plan
• The Grove Plan