Chapter 4 Quiz

Which was the last state to ratify the Articles of Confederation?

• Georgia

• Maryland

• New York

• Virginia

Whose writing in Second Treatise on Civil Government greatly influenced the founding fathers?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Adam Smith

• John Locke

• John Hancock

Which of the following was not an English influence on colonial government?

• federalism

• local government

• legislative government

• limited government

What year was the first legislative assembly organized in the New World?

• 1620

• 1745

• 1619

• 1636

What king ascended to the throne of England in 1760?

• James I

• Richard III

• Henry VIII

• George III

A trade dispute between Virginia and Maryland, as well as Shay's Rebellion, highlighted the weaknesses of what document?

• Articles of Confederation

• Declaration of Independence

• Petition of Rights

• Declaration of Grievances

In what city did the Constitutional Convention meet?

• Annapolis, Maryland

• Washington, D.C.

• Philadephia, Pennsylvania

• Boston, Massachusetts

What law did the 1765 Stamp Act violate?

• Great Compromise

• Intolerable Acts

• Petitions of Rights

• Magna Carta

Who led an uprising among farmers in Massachusetts who feared prison sentences for indebtedness?

• James Madison

• Robert Livingston

• Roger Sherman

• Daniel Shays

When the Barbary pirates seized American ships and crews, the Confederation Congress could not pay ransom demands or raise a navy to fight the pirates.

• True

• False