U.S. founding documents
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- Q1Who was responsible for the first draft of the Declaration of Independence?Samuel AdamsThomas JeffersonRobert LivingstonBen Franklin30sEditDelete
- Q2a real or imagined wrong or other cause for complaint or protest, especially unfair treatment.grievance120sEditDelete
- Q3At whom were the grievances in the declaration directed at?LoyalistsKing George IIIEnglandRedcoats30sEditDelete
- Q4What rights are given to all people according to the Declaration of Independence?life, liberty, and deathlife, liberty, and happinesshappiness, sadness, and moneyliberty, homes, and money30sEditDelete
- Q5What group approved the declaration?ParliamentRedcoatsSons of LibertyContinental Congress30sEditDelete
- Q6In what city did the Continental Congress meet?Philadelphia120sEditDelete
- Q7What was the first constitution of the United States?US ConstitutionDeclaration of IndependenceCommon SenseArticles of Confederation30sEditDelete
- Q8The Articles of Confederation gave ______________ most of the power.states120sEditDelete
- Q9What powers were given to the federal government?declare war and collect taxesapprove taxes and make treatiesenforce laws and treaty30sEditDelete
- Q10The Articles of Confederation set up how many branches of government?twothreefourone30sEditDelete
- Q11How many votes did each state get under the Articles of Confederation?3/5 of the populationonetwobased on population30sEditDelete
- Q12Why did the Continental Congress meet in 1787?to fix the Articles of Confederationto create a new constitutionto vote on a name for the new nationto pay back the war debt30sEditDelete
- Q13Why did the Continental Congress scrap the Articles of Confederation?The country was at warThe state government was to weakThe federal government was to weak30sEditDelete
- Q14James Madison created __________ plan called for proportional representation.Virginia120sEditDelete
- Q15The New Jersey plan called for each state to have________ representative.twoonefourproportional30sEditDelete
- Q16All new constitutional plans called for how many branches of government?threeonefourtwo30sEditDelete
- Q17The Great Compromise created a Congress comprised of a ___________________.Senate and House of RepresentativesExecutive and Judicial branchParliament and HouseSenate and Parliament30sEditDelete
- Q18What fraction of the slave population was able to count towards a states proportional representation?1/29/132/33/530sEditDelete
- Q19The first ten amendments are called the _______________________.bill of rights120sEditDelete
- Q20An article added to the US ConstitutionAmendment120sEditDelete