VUS SOL 5

How did Britain influence America’s first national government?

• Monarchy would be supported

• A strong central government was avoided

• One powerful national leader would rule

• Republican principles were eliminated

Which demonstrates the correct outcome based on the graphic?

• Political leaders posted grievances against the King of England

• American leaders created the Articles of Confederation

• Led to the effort to draft a new constitution

• The Treaty of Alliance was signed with France

This excerpt demonstrates –

“That all men are by nature equally free and independent and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.” -George Mason

• that governments should not violate basic human rights

• that government should not support or favor one church

• the creation of three branches of government

• the need to revise the Articles of Confederation

The documents shown influenced –

• the Three-Fifths Compromise

• the Bill of Rights

• the Proclamation of 1763

• the Great Compromise

Balance of power between large and small states was created by granting each state how many senators?

• 1

• 2

• 5

• 10

How did the delegates of the Convention limit the federal government?

• Allowed state law to be the supreme law of the land

• Did not create executive or legislative branches

• Having the President to make all choices and decisions

• Giving powers only identified in the U.S. Constitution

Who presided as president of the Convention lending prestige to the proceedings?

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Monroe

• James Madison

Which person shown was considered to be the “Father of the Constitution?”

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Mason

• James Madison

The “Virginia Plan” proposed –

• separation of church and state

• counting slaves in determining representation

• the three branches of government

• one vote per state regardless of size

Who argued for separation of church and state?

• George Mason

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Madison

• George Washington