The Constitutional Convention

What is the date of the Constitutional Convention?

• 1775

• 1776

• 1607

• 1787

What were the colonies organized under BEFORE the Constitution?

• The Bill of Rights

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Federalists Papers

• Each state had their own constitution

Where did delegates meet to write the Constitution?

• Yorktown

• Washington, D.C.

• Philidelphia

• Plymouth

How many colonies sent delegates to the Constitutional Convention?

• 12

• 13

• all of them

• half of them

Circle all that apply

The delegates agreed that a plan of government needed to:

• be workable

• resemble the British system

• limit central government

• protect property rights

True or False:

The plan of the delegates were for a republic where majority opinion ruled but minority rights were respected.

• False

• True

Which is NOT a branch of government?

• Executive

• Judicial

• Presidential

• Legislative

The Constitution gave the government the right to levy and

Several states refused to sign the constitution without what?

• quill pen

• Bill of Rights

• a second convention

• the right for all Americans to vote

The next questions are vocabulary. Your word bank is below. Each word will only be used once.

Anti-federalists, currency, posterity, Federalists, delegate, majority, minority