History of Our Nation:Chapter 7

Asked to be president of the Convention, first to sign

• Benjamin Franklin
• George Washington
• Alexander Hamilton
• John Adams

Which house in Congress gives each state have equal representation? 

• Senate 
• House of Representatives 
• General Assembly 
• House of Commons 

What document replaced the Articles of Confederation and established a new national government? 

• The Declaration of Independence 
• The Constitution 
• The Magna Carta 
• The English Bill of Rights 

The Constitutional Convention was ORIGINALLY convened to...

• write the Treaty of Paris.
• get all the signers of the Declaration together to celebrate.
• decide who would fight Daniel Shay.
• improve the Articles of Confederation.

The issue of counting enslaved people for representation was solved with the

• Great Compromise
• One-Third Compromise
• Three-Fifths Compromise
• Slave Compromise

The idea that Representation should be based on a states' population was the 

• New Jersey plan
• Virginia plan
• Connecticut plan
• Commerce Compromise

The president would be elected through an indirect vote called the

• Commerce compromise
• Great Compromise
• Three-fifths Compromise
• Electoral College

One major problem with the Articles is that Congress could not ______ the citizens to raise money

• tax
• ask
• demand
• force

Shay's Rebellion started as a protest against

• unfair taxes and farmer debt
• the death penalty
• no judicial system
• debtors' prisons

Who is the "Father of the Constitution?"

• Benjamin Franklin
• George Washington
• Thomas Jefferson
• James Madison