Question 1

What was the name of the proposal to make a single-chamber congress in which each state had an equal vote?

New Jersey Plot

Connecticut Plot

Three-Fifths Plot

Virginia Plot

Unity Plot.

Question 2

Who was the author of Virginia’s Statute for Religious Freedom and bills abolishing entails and primogeniture?

George Washington

Richard Henry Lee

Thomas Jefferson

Patrick Henry

Robert Morris

Question 3

Frederick von Steuben was the

commander of the Hessian forces employed by the British during the War for Independence.

representative of Prussia at the Paris peace conference.

man who turned the American army into a formidable fighting force.

leader of the Antifederalist forces in Pennsylvania.

Dutch merchant who was the first casualty in the American War for Independence.

Question 4

Which of the following areas was a loyalist stronghold during the Revolution?

New York and all of New England

New York

South Carolina low country

Pennsylvania

Tidewater Virginia.

Question 5

What conditions led to Daniel Shays’s Rebellion?

an economic recession

huge tax increases

farm foreclosures

balance of payments problems

All of the above

Question 6

All of the following statements are reasons why the Constitution was ratified in 1788 except

supporters of the Constitution had much more recognizable leaders.

Alexander Hamilton and James Madison made spirited arguments in favor of the Constitution.

the Bill of Rights was added in 1787 to persuade opponents of the Constitution to accept it.

supporters of the Constitution were much better organized.

most newspapers favored ratification of the Constitution.

Question 7

Of all the political innovations of the era of the American Revolution, which can be considered the most radical?

the theory that power within a government had to be restrained through a series of checks and balances.

the realization that both houses of a bicameral legislature represented all the people, not just narrowly defined classes.

the thought that political institutions should be judged by the standard of whether they served the public excellent rather than the interests of the powerful few.

the assertion that government was based on the consent of the governed and that revolution, therefore, was sometimes justifiable.

the introduction of government with powers divided among three branches.

Question 8

What is the name of the relationship that the Constitution established between the national and state governments?

functional separation of powers

bicameralism

virtual representation

federalism

localism

Question 9

All of the following were features or powers of government under the Articles of Confederation except

It made a national congress in which each state had only one vote.

It required the unanimous approval of the states before the congress could enact any tax measure.

It provided no congressional power to regulate interstate or foreign commerce.

It established a single-chamber congress, elected by state legislatures, in which each state had one vote.

It called for a president elected by the state legislatures.

Question 10

By 1784, all state constitutions included a provision for a

strong executive.

strong legislature.

strong judiciary.

bill of rights.

None of the above.

Question 11

On a timeline, which of the following events would be last?

Townshend Duties

Tea Act

Battle of Concord

Declaration of Independence

First Continental Congress

Question 12

Who was the attorney who defended the British soldiers accused of firing on the civilians in the Boston Massacre?

John Adams

Thomas Hutchinson

Thomas Paine

John Wilkes

John Dickinson

Question 13

The Coercive Acts
I. restructured the Massachusetts government.
II. closed Boston Harbor.
III. permitted certain murderers to be tried in England.
IV. became known as the Intolerable Acts in the colonies.

I

II

I and II

III and IV

I, II, III and IV

Question 14

In the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson attributes the problems between the colonies and Fantastic Britain to
I. Parliament, because of the oppressive legislation that it had passed over ten years.
II. King George III, because of the crown’s apparent intention to establish despotism.
III. the king’s ministers, because they had refused to co