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U S Constitution 1-4
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Political Studies
7th Grade
02/03/2009
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Which of the following is not an unalienable right of the Declaration?
 
 
Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness, Education
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Education
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The Declaration was written by
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Jefferson
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The Declaration was authorized by the
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Second Continental Congress
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The only objection the colonists had toward British rule concerned trade regulations.
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False
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When the First Continental Congress met, the members wanted to declare war against England.
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False
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Patrick Henry did not want to see the war begin.
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False
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The Sons of Liberty supported the colonists' cause
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True
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The English colonists were closely governed from the time of the earliest settlements.
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False
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The Boston Tea Party occurred because of a tax dispute.
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True
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Samuel Adams and John Hancock were colonial leaders.
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True
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The colonists were angry about what the Indians had done at the Boston Tea Party
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False
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Patrick Henry said, "Give me liberty, or give me death!"
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True
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The First Continental Congress met in 1774.
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True
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The Second Continental Congress ran the U.S. government for most of the American Revolution.
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True
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George Washington led the American Army in the Revolution.
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True
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The British won the American Revolution.
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False
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The Declaration of Independence was written after the Constitution?
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False
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The Second Continental Congress had the task of carrying out the American Revolution.
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True
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The Declaration of Independence is not a constitution.
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True
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The Declaration was written in Washington, D.C.
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False
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The principles of the Declaration of Independence were used in writing the U.S. Constitution.
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True
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The Declaration of Independence was signed after the the U.S. Constitution was written.
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False
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Rebellion in Massachusetts started by farmers who were losing their farms*.
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Shays' Rebellion
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Form of government during the American Revolution*.
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Articles of Confederation
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Had to approve important acts under the Articles*.
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states
Term
Fear of this was in the minds of many American colonists in the 1780s*.
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taxation
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This power was lacking in the Articles of Confederation *.
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taxation
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The Articles of Confederation acted as the first U.S. Constitution.
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True
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The Articles were weak because of the fear of a strong central government.
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True
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Shays' Rebellion was carried out to support a weak central government.
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False
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The Declaration of Independence was signed before the Articles of Confederation were written.
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True
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The Articles were drawn up by the Second Continental Congress.
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True
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The Constitutional Convention was held in Philadelphia in 1787.
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True
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The Annapolis Convention did not aid in the process of getting a new constitution written.
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False
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There were 13 delegates to the Constitutional Convention.
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False
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George Washington was the president of the Constitutional Convention.
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True
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The official purpose of the Constitutional Convention was to write a new constitution.
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False
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The convention at Annapolis, MD, came before the Constitutional Convention.
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True
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The building in which the Constitutional Convention met is called Independence Hall.
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True
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Six states had to approve the Constitution before it was effective.
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False
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The Federalists were against the Constitution.
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False
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Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson looked after the interests of the common people at the convention.
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False
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The small states wanted each state to have the same number of representatives.
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True
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The Constitutional Convention adopted the Virginia Plan.
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False
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Fortunately, the Constitution outlawed slavery.
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False
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The Electoral College showed that the Constitutional Convention trusted the people.
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False
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The New Jersey Plan suggested only one house of Congress.
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True
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The New Jersey Plan favored the small states and The Virginia Plan favored the large states.
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True
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Each state gets the same number of votes in the Electoral College.
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False
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