The United States Constitution

Who declared independence from Britain in what year?

• American colonists, 1776

• Canadian colonists, 1847

• American colonists, 1767

• Canadian colonists, 1773

The states crafted constitutions that protected individual rights and gave majority power to who?

• Legislatures

• the national government

• Britain

• Law makers

The states maintained a federal government - defined in the what?

• Constitution

• Magna Carta

• Articles of Confederation

• The Bill of Rights

Under the Articles, the federal government could only...

• make war and tax the people

• tax the people

• make war, make treaties, handle matters with native people, oversee a military

• kill all the native people

What did the United States receive after the revolution

• land

• slaves

• taxes

• money

The Articles passed how many laws to organize land?

• one

• five

• two

• three

The ____ _________ of 1785 established 6 by 6 mile sections with 36 1 mile by 1 mile lots

The _________ Ordinance outlawed slavery in this area of land.

The government collapsed when who led an uprising?

• George
  Washington

• Daniel Shays

• John Jay

• Alexander Hamilton

The founders made the government so ____ it was ineffective, and they met in the summer of ____ to fix it.

• strong, 1956

• weak, 1787

• strong, 1787

• weak, 1956