Chapter 3 Lesson 1 quiz
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- Q1a detailed, written plan for governmentConstitution30s
- Q2a legislature consisting of two parts, or housesBicameral30s
- Q3a group of individuals or state governmentsConfederation30s
- Q4the first constitution of the United StatesArticles of Confederation30s
- Q5a law, usually of a city or countryOrdinance30s
- Q6a law that set up a plan for surveying western landsOrdinance of 178530s
- Q71787 law that set up a government for the Northwest Territory and a plan for admitting new states to the UnionNorthwest Ordinance30s
- Q8New HampshireWhat was the first colony to organize as a state and write a constitution?30s
- Q9Second Continental CongressWhich political group urged colonists to form governments that " contribute to the happiness and safety of their voters"?30s
- Q10state constitutionsDue to the Declaration of Independence, colonial charters would be replaced by what?30s
- Q11bicameralAs states created constitutions and new governments, they also created what type of lawmaking bodies or legislatures?30s
- Q12carry out the lawsWhat was the governors job of each state?30s
- Q13determine what laws meant and how to apply themJudges in the states courts had what job?30s
- Q14American RevolutionThe Articles of Confederation were written in 1777 during what conflict?30s
- Q15couldn't raise and support a large armyOne reason the Articles of Confederation were written is30s