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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What was Thomas Paine referring to when he said an island could not rule a continent?
(a) Britain continuing to rule over North America.
(b) Hawaii ruling California.
(c) Britian continuing to rule over India.
(d) Madascar ruling Africa.

4. Who makes history?
(a) Books.
(b) Animals.
(c) Priests.
(d) People.

5. How many people lived in the United States of America at its beginning?
(a) Two Hundred MIllion.
(b) 453.
(c) Four Million.
(d) Five Hundred Thousand.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many colonies were present at the birth of the new nation of the United States?

3. How many delegates were at the Constitutional Convention?

4. What did John Adams see as the paradox facing the new republic?

5. How did critics of the Constitution see that document?

(see the answer key)

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