7b New National Government

Which two document was the Bill of Rights based on?

• Declaration of Independence

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

• Common Sense

• Virginia Statue of Religious Freedom

What is the best description for the Bill of Rights?

• A written guarantee of individual rights

• The rules of a country

• A document meant to state independence

• Did not allow the colonist to move west

How was the United States Constitution ratified?

• All thirteen states needed to approve it.

• One of the thirteen states needed to approve it.

• Nine out of the thirteen states needed to approve it.

• It was approved at the end of the convention.

The Great Compromise decided -

• how many loyalist would be sent back to Great Britain.

• who would be the first President of the United States.

• the first ten amendments would be called the Bill of Rights.

• the number votes each state had in the Senate and the House of Representative.

How many amendments make up the Bill of Rights?

• 2

• 5

• 6

• 10

The development of the ​ (a)   of the United States was significant to the ​ (b)   of the American ​ (c)   . The Constitution of the United States established a ​ (d)   system of government based on the power being shared between the national and ​ (e)   governments.

• Constitution
• foundation
• republic
• federal
• state

When was the Constitution signed?

• At the end of the Revolutionary War

• At the beginning of the Constitutional Convention

• During the middle of the Constitutional Convention

• At the end of the Constitutional Convention

What city did delegates meet at to revise the Articles of Confederation?

• Washington DC

• New York City

• Boston

• Philadelphia

How many branches of government did the Constitution of the United States establish?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Match the following

• George Washington

• President of the Constitutional Convention

• Thomas Jefferson

• Father of the Constitution

• James Madison

• Author of the Statue of Religious Freedom