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State Constitutions and the Articles of Confederation

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  • Q1
    What did the colonies become after the Declaration of Independence was signed?
    one united nation
    free and independent states
    a group of colonies
    30s
  • Q2
    Why did states make their own governments?
    all of these
    achieve things they couldn't accomplish
    punish criminals
    resolve disputes
    30s
  • Q3
    Seven of the thirteen states had these which defined their individual rights
    Constitution
    Declaration of Independence
    Declaration of Rights
    Bill of Rights
    30s
  • Q4
    Pennsylvania's state constitution was adopted while the Revolutionary War was still going on.
    False
    True
    30s
  • Q5
    Who wrote the Constitution of Massachusetts?
    John Adams
    Thomas Jefferson
    Benjamin Franklin
    Samuel Adams
    30s
  • Q6
    Which document was first created to bring the thirteen states together?
    The Bill of Rights
    Articles of Confederation
    The U.S. Constitution
    Constitution of Virginia
    30s
  • Q7
    The Articles of Confederation were a constitution that created one Nation together.
    True
    False
    30s
  • Q8
    What was one of the biggest issues that concerned the Founders of the Republic?
    the Right to a speedy Trial
    Freedom of Speech
    Religious Freedom
    Right to Petition
    30s
  • Q9
    In Thomas Jefferson's statute Jefferson write that
    "god gave us the freedom to choose our own religious beliefs"
    "church should not influence the government"
    all of these
    "people should not force their religious beliefs on others"
    30s
  • Q10
    Historians believe that Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin are Deists which means
    God controls everything
    God is the most important being in the universe
    Christianity must be the only religion in America
    God gave us the ability to choose between right and wrong
    30s
  • Q11
    Who believed in one God, creator of the universe?
    John Adams
    George Washington
    Ben Franklin
    Benedict Arnold
    30s
  • Q12
    Who hated political debates?
    Dwight D. Eisenhower
    John Adams
    Benjamin Franklin
    Samuel Adams
    30s
  • Q13
    Who believed that the world does better without Kings and Nobles than with them?
    Abraham Lincoln
    James Madison
    Ben Franklin
    George Washington
    30s
  • Q14
    Who felt that the United States was practicing bigotry and discrimination through slavery?
    Thomas Jefferson
    John Adams
    Ben Franklin
    George Washington
    30s
  • Q15
    The Articles of Confederation provided a way for new territories to become states through the
    the Land Ordinance of 1785
    Northwest Ordinance
    the 3/5 Compromise
    Ordinance of 1898
    30s

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