Constitution Day 8 Warm-Up

To escape persecution, Roger Williams left Massachusetts and founded Rhode Island

• Declaration of Independence
• France
• Maryland
• Religious toleration

List of grievances, or complaints, against King George III; right to create a new government

• Declaration of Independence
• France
• Maryland
• Religious toleration

Founded for Catholics seeking religious freedom

• Declaration of Independence
• France
• Maryland
• Religious toleration

Claimed land in New World to profit from fur trading

• Declaration of Independence
• France
• Maryland
• Religious toleration

Both parties agreed to ratify the Constitution once the Federalist consented to -

• returning land taken from farmers before Shays' rebellion
• giving more power to the state governments than the federal government
• providing medical care to former veterans of the American Revolution
• adding the Bill of Rights to the Constitution

Which part of the Preamble explains that one purpose of the Constitution is to provide for a united country? Select the correct answer.

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• Textbox 4

Patrick Henry was criticizing which aspect of the Constitution in this excerpt?

• The eligibility requirements for congressional office
• The power granted to the central government
• The establishment of a separate judicial branch
• The difficulty of the amendment process

The excerpt below reflects the dissatisfaction of American colonists with the -

• political debates that took place at the Albany Convention
• interference of Great Britain in the slave trade
• economic consequences of the Great Awakening
• economic policies imposed by Great Britain following the French and Indian War

Match the following

• republicanism

• Power is shared between national and state government

• Federalism

• People have the ultimate authority

• Popular Sovereignty

• People vote for representatives to rule on their behalf

Law establishing a way for admitting new states to the United States and territories governed themselves.

• Articles of Confederation

• Northwest Ordinance

• 1st amendment

• Northwest Territories