US History Quiz Summer School Quiz #11

From 1781 until 1789, the U.S. was governed by a loose, and weak, union of states under an agreement called

• Rights of the Man

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• Magna Carta

Which of the following did NOT cause the economic instability in the newly independent United States?

• British Army and Contienental Army stole food from the farmers.

• Exports to Great Britain restricted

• Increased maternity numbers in the United States

• British navy destroyed American ships

After independence what did the states do make revenue?

• Give a pension to former soliders.

• Mortage agricultural land

• Taxation

• Set up free education

The first President of the United States of America?

• John Hanson

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• John Adams

Which state began to brew discontent over the taxation?

• Delaware

• New Hamsphire

• Massachusetts

• Vermont

Who led the full scale revolt Re. increased taxation and post-independence economic struggles?

• George Washington

• Nathaniel Bacon

• Daniel Shays

• John Brown

Who was the Governor of Masscahusetts?

• Ethelbert Charles

• Nathaniel Bacon

• James Bowdoin

• Daniel Shays

Who was the primary author of the Articles of Confederation?

• John Monroe

• Thomas Paine

• John Dickinson

• Thomas Jefferson

How many articles were there in the Articles of Confederation?

• 10

• 11

• 13

• 15

What document replaced the Articles of Confederation in 1788?

• Star Spangled Banner

• The Revised Articles of Constitution

• The Constitution of the United States of America

• The Magna Carta