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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What rank in the military did Aaron Burr attain during the American Revolution?
(a) Captain.
(b) Colonel.
(c) General.
(d) Private.

3. What does the author consider the years of 1787-1788 for America?
(a) The founding movement that established American nationhood.
(b) The revolutionary war.
(c) The war between the states.
(d) The golden years.

4. Where was Hamilton struck by the bullet in the duel?
(a) HIs right side, four inches above his hip.
(b) His right leg, in the main artery.
(c) His left arm, just above the elbow.
(d) The right temple.

5. What did John Adams see as the paradox facing the new republic?
(a) Legislating for 20 or 30 states, when all of the known legislative history had been for just one state.
(b) The needs of the many outweigh the needs of a few.
(c) The new title of the republic versus its goals.
(d) Tories versus Whigs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the Constitutional Convention held?

2. What form of government was initiated by the American Revolution?

3. How many total shots were fired at the duel?

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

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

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