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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Preface.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What issue was discussed by the Constitutional Congress but specifically excluded from the final documents?
(a) Slavery.
(b) Secret Service.
(c) Telecommunications.
(d) Price of Postage.

2. How many colonies were present at the birth of the new nation of the United States?
(a) Fifty.
(b) Seven.
(c) Forty-eight.
(d) Thirteen.

3. Who was considered to be the first President of the United States, almost unanimously by its people?
(a) John Adams.
(b) Ben Franklin.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) George Washington.

4. What form of government was initiated by the American Revolution?
(a) Communism.
(b) Marxist and socialist.
(c) Representative government based popular sovreignty and some form of market economy fueled by the energies of individual citizens.
(d) Feudal system governed by kings, queens and lords.

5. At the time of the American Revolution, what was the most powerful military force in the world?
(a) British army and navy.
(b) Spanish Armada.
(c) Taliban.
(d) Chinese Red Guard.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where, according to the Constitution, does sovreignity in the United States lie?

2. What was one of the core principals of the Articles of Confederation?

3. What does the author say was a direct result of the new republic's decision to delay the slavery question in the 1780's?

4. What is considered to be the main asset the new republic possessed?

5. At the time of the American Revolution, who else occupied North America besides the colonists?

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