Topic 2 Review: Documents Founding America

What state was the first to ratify the United States Constitution?

• Delaware

• Pennsylvania

• New York

• Virginia

Laws within a Royal Colony must be approved by...

• A representative of the Colonies

• A representative and the King

• The colonists and the Governor

• The Governor and the King

Why did colonists meet at the First Continental Congress?

• To discuss the creation of the Constitution.

• To discuss the worsening relationship between the U.S. and Britain.

• To work on a military strategy against the redcoats.

• To create an alliance with the Native Americans.

According to the Three-Fifths Compromise, three-fifths of the state’s slave population would be

• Ignored when determining representation in Congress

• Subtracted from a states population to determine their representation in Congress

• Partially counted when determining representation in Congress

• Combined with the immigrant population when determining representation in Congress

This man was a leading Anti-Federalist

• Alexander Hamilton

• George Washington

• Patrick Henry

• John Adams

What type of Legislature has 2 chambers

• Tricameral

• Bicameral

• Unicameral

• Carmel

What type of colony was formed by a group of people?

• Royal Colony

• Charter Colony

• Proprietary Colony

What did the Framers do at the Constitutional Convention?

• Write a new Constitution

• Adjust the Articles of Confederation

• Argue about land ownership

• Elect George Washington as President

What type of Legislature did the Articles of Confederation have?

• Bicameral

• Unicameral

• Tricameral

• None

Influential leaders in American society that attended the Constitutional Convention were known as..

• Federalists

• Anti-Federalists

• Framers

• Democratic-Republicans