great patriot from Massachusetts who had objections to the Constitution

• George Mason

• Samuel Adams

• The Federalist

• Federalists

argued against ratification in Virginia

• George Mason

• Federalists

• Anti-Federalists

• The Federalist

supporters of the Constitution

• Anti- Federalists

• The Federalist

• Federalist

• George Mason

a collection of essays written by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay

• Federalist

• Anti-Federalists

• The Federalist

• George Mason

opponents of the Constitution

• Anti- Federalist

• Federalist

• The Federalist

• Sam Adams

 After the Revolutionary War, British merchants caused problems for American artisans and manufacturers by

• flooding the country with inexpensive goods.

• refusing to trade with the states.

• taxing American products sold in Britain.

• negotiating a treaty with France.

Under the Articles of Confederation, each state began to

• promote trade with other states.

• negotiate treaties with other countries.

• weaken property rights.

• act as an independent country.

The successes of the Congress under the Articles of Confederation included which of the following?

• resolving trade disputes among the states

• carrying out the terms of the Treaty of Paris

• establishing a method for surveying Western lands

• conducting diplomacy with other nations

Delegates at the Constitutional Convention had to balance states’ rights with

• poor farmers’ worries about taxes.

• a system to limit the powers of government.

• the need for a stronger national government.

• Southern planters’ reliance on slavery.

Which of the following institutions was part of the first government of the United States of America, adopted in 1777?

• Congress

• the president

• the Supreme Court

• the Senate.