Chapter 2: Our Political Beginnings

In the charter colonies most governmental matters were handled by:

• The British monarch

• British Parliament

• A proprietor

• The colonists

Which idea is NOT included in the Declaration of Independence?

• People have certain natural rights.

• God gives certain people the right to govern.

• Government can exist only with the people's permission.

• The people may change or abolish the government.

Which feature did the State Constitutions and the Articles of Confederation have in common?

• Royal governors

• Bill of Rights

• Principle of popular sovereignty.

• A strong executive that was elected by the people.

After the Revolutionary War, the national government:

• Proved too weak to deal with growing economic and political problems.

• Refused to repay the war debt it owed to the States.

• Permitted the States to make agreements with foreign governments.

• Began imposing harsh tax polies on property owners.

What was Benjamin Franklin's opinion of the final Constitution created by the delegates?

• Absolutely perfect

• As near perfect as possible

• Showing of errors of opinion and self-interest

• As full of imperfections as those who assembled it.

According to the the Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise Congress couldn't:

• Tax exports

• Raise an army

• Make any decisions regarding slavery for 20 years.

• None of the above

The government under the Articles of Confederation had:

• No legislative or Judicial branch

• Only a legislative and an executive branch

• Only a legislative branch, consisting of a unicameral congress.

• Only a legislative branch, consisting of a bicameral congress.

The British Parliament first limited the power of the crown under the:

• Intolerable acts

• Magna Carta

• Stamp Act of 1765

• English Bill of Rights

The Federalist Papers were written to:

• Win support for the Constitution in New York.

• Expose the lack of civil liberties protected in the Constitution.

• Urge ratification of the Constitution in Virginia

• Condemn the Constitution for the absence of any mention of God.

At the Philadelphia convention the delegates agreed to:

• Make minor revisions to the Articles of Confederation.

• Open their sessions to the public.

• Pass proposals by a unanimous vote only.

• Draft a new Constitution.