Constitution Review

What was the first national government after Independence?

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Articles of Confederation

• The U.S. Constitution

• The Federalist Papers

Who could enforce the laws under the Articles of Confederation?

• No one, there was no executive branch

• only the king

• The president of the Convention

• The Ambassadors from each state

Who had the only power to tax under the Articles of Confederation?

• The President

• The State

• Congress

• There were no taxes

Who had the only power to decide legal cases under the Articles of Confederation?

• The states (there were no national judges).

• The President

• Congress

• the Supreme Court

What’s a “confederation”?

• another name for a democracy

• the same thing as an autocracy

• An agreement to work together.

• a type of government that has a king

Who was the Chairman at the Constitutional Convention?

• Alexander Hamilton

• George Washington

• Benjamin Franklin

• John Dickinson

Who was called “Father of the Constitution”

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• Roger Sherman

• James Madison

What did Madison’s Virginia Plan propose?

• A unicameral government

• A federal government with three equal branches

• a monarchy like Britain

• a government with a dictator

Who wrote much of the Bill of Rights?

• George Washington

• Alexander Hamilton

• James Madison

• Benjamin Franklin

Where did the Constitutional Convention meet?

• Washington, D.C.

• New York City

• Philadelphia

• Annapolis