Constitution Quiz

Each state wrote a document that allows their government to create and enforce laws. What is this document called?

• script

• constitution

• charter

• laws

During the Grand Convention of the states, it was suggested to

• go back under British rule.

• combine all states into one large state.

• change the Articles of Confederation to give more power to the central government.

Who wrote the Constitution?

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• John Adams

• Crispus Attucks

A limited government

• is run by the king.

• gives government officials total power.

• depends on the consent of the people.

The people in the Northwest Territory were given

• very little rights.

• the same rights as the original 13 colonies.

• the same rights as the Native Americans in that area.

What rights and freedoms were included in the state constitutions?

• freedom of speech

• freedom of religion

• right to a trial by jury

• all of the above

Who was in charge of running the war and writing the Articles of Confederation?

• state governors

• Second Continental Congress

• George Washington

• John Adams

What does freedom of religion mean?

• freedom to believe as you wish

• don't have to pay to go to church

• says one religion is best

A problem with the Articles of Confederation was that

• it was too short.

• it was too long.

• gave the central government too little power.

• gave the central government supreme power.

The Continental Congress created the first plan of government and called it

• the Articles of Confederation.

• the Constitution.

• the Declaration of Independence.

• the Treaty of Paris.