Practice Test Chapter 2

____ 1. called for representation in Congress by population or by the amount of money given to the central government

____ 2. idea that government should serve the will of the people

____ 3. agreement that, in Congress, States be represented equally in the Senate and by population in the House

____ 4. those for whom the Constitution represented a too-powerful central government

____ 5. first English charter of liberties which included such fundamental rights as trial by jury and due process of law

____ 6. organized action to change opponents' behavior by refusing to buy or sell their goods

____ 7. statement that Parliament forced the king to sign, declaring that even a monarch must obey the law of the land

____ 8. organized by people to whom the king had made a grant of land available and could be settled and governed in whatever manner they saw fit

____ 9. objections to ratification process, importance of States' rights, concern for God

____ 10. Connecticut Compromise, New Jersey Plan, Virginia Plan

____ 11. From its one chamber, the ____ legislature of the Second Continental Congress exercised both legislative and executive powers.

____ 12. The colonists organized a boycott of all trade with England, hoping to force the    ____    of restrictive laws.

____ 13. Some of the 13 colonies were established by ____, under a grant of authority from the English crown.

____ 14. No one opposed ____ of the Constitution more vehemently than Patrick Henry.

____ 15. In the charter colonies, most governmental matters were handled by

____ 16. What factors did the anti-federalist not want included in the Declaration of Independence?

____ 17. Give examples of what would have influenced the Framers in developing the Constitution

____ 18. Which colony was founded mainly as a place for personal and religious freedom?

____ 19. Which feature did the State constitutions and the Articles of Confederation have in common?

____ 20. What State constitutions is the oldest and still in force today?

____ 21. After the Revolutionary War, How did the National Government change?

____ 22. In Benjamin Franklin's opinion, the final Constitution created by the delegates can best be summarized as

____ 23. Give an example of a statement made during the inauguration of George Washington as the first U.S. president.

____ 24. A major objective of both the Annapolis Convention and the Philadelphia Convention was to

____ 25. Describe the government set up by the Articles of Confederation?

____ 26. Describe the accomplishments of the Second Continental Congress?

____ 27. Parliament first limited the power of the Crown under the

____ 28. The Federalist was written to

____ 29. Give examples of what directly influenced the Framers in the development of the Constitution?

____ 30. At the Philadelphia Convention, the delegates agreed to do what?

____ 31. By the mid-1700s, British rule in the colonies was marked by

____ 32. Delegates met at Mount Vernon and Annapolis to

____ 33. The first State constitutions, adopted after independence,

____ 34. The Second Continental Congress was similar to the first in the

____ 35. Much of the Declaration of Independence consists of

____ 38. Much of the work of the Framers centered around the proposals that had been set out in

____ 39. The success of which plan led to the Constitutional Convention of 1787?

____ 40. The idea that the people have the right to abolish an abusive and unresponsive government was FIRST formally expressed by Americans in the

____ 41. Describe the basic concepts of government did the Magna Carta reflect?

____ 44. Describes the changes in British colonial policies in the later 1700s?

____ 45. From the formation of the New England Confederation to that of the Second Continental Congress, the colonists became progressively

____ 46. The first State constitutions focused mainly on

____ 47. The powers granted to the central government under the Second Continental Congress compared with those granted under the Articles of Confederation were

____ 48. What can be said to have contributed the MOST toward the realization that the nation needed a stronger central government?

____ 49. The relationship among the States during the Critical Period can be compared to

____ 50. During the Critical Period, the States taxed one another’s goods and banned some trade. Later, during the Constitutional Convention, this economic chaos led to

____ 51. When crafting the new Constitution, the Framers drew from their experiences with which of the following?

____ 52. Both the Connecticut Compromise and the Three-Fifths Compromise were crucial to the small States because

____ 53. Why was it ironic that Virginia was one of the last States to ratify the Constitution?

57. Determining Relevance How did the United States Constitution expand upon the basic ideas about government that the colonists had developed up to the time of the Constitutional Convention?

58. Determining Relevance How did the Stamp Act of 1765 play a part in mobilizing the movement toward independence in the colonies?

59. Predicting Consequences Would the Constitution have been different if Patrick Henry, outspoken signer of the Declaration of Independence, had participated in framing it? Explain your answer.

60. constitution/charter

61. Framers/Federalists

62. limited government/popular sovereignty

63. Three-Fifths Compromise/Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise