8th - chapter 7 part 3

Before and during most of the War for Independence, the colonies were governed by

• the Confederation Congress

• the Continental Congress

• the electoral college

• the Philadelphia Convention

Which one of these men was not one of the writers of The Federalist Papers?

• Alexander Hamilton

• John Jay

• James Madison

• Roger Sherman

Anti-Federalists fought ratification. They believed the state governments should be supreme and that the national government had too much power. Also, agreed that the Constitution lacked a Bill of Rights.

• True

• False

the freedom to stockpile goods temporarily at a foreign location

• right of deposit

• census

• ratification

What is the principle to ensure that no branch of government has too much power?

• Checks and balances

• Separation of power

• the great compromise

the giving of formal approval to certain documents

• ratification

• census

• right of deposit

Who was elected the first president of United States of America?

• George Washington

• Benjamin Franklin

• John Adams

an attempt to persuade the states to ratify the Constitution

• The Federalist Papers

• Articles of Confederation

• Bill of Rights

The first ten amendments to the Constitution

• Articles of Confederation

• Bill of Rights

• The Federalists Papers

In what city and in what building did delegates meet and devise the new Constitution?

• Virginia, Mount Vernon

• Philadelphia, Independence Hall

• Philadelphia, Liberty Hall