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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Western Territory, the Land Companies and the Northwest Ordinance. Manasseh Cutler..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which delegate is president of the Illinois-Wabash Land Company?
(a) Manasseh Cutler.
(b) Rufus King.
(c) James Wilson.
(d) George Washington.

2. What question is considered at the first Saturday meeting of the quorum?
(a) What representation is used for Congress?
(b) What type of government best suites America?
(c) Who is president of the Convention?
(d) What is the role of the executive in the new government?

3. What type of government does Virginia's George Wythe support?
(a) A weak national government.
(b) A monarchy.
(c) A strong national government.
(d) Continuation of the confederation.

4. What does Bowen consider the most striking feature of the New Jersey Plan?
(a) The executive is removed by impeachment.
(b) There is a single executive.
(c) Two branches of legislature.
(d) Creation of a single legislative chamber where states vote equally, regardless of size or wealth.

5. In 1787, which American City still shows the effects of the Revolutionary War?
(a) Boston.
(b) New York City.
(c) Trenton, New Jersey.
(d) Philadelphia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Edmund Randolph?

2. What does the "pursuit of happiness" mean to the Convention delegates?

3. Which state comes prepared to oppose proportional representation?

4. What American diversion does Chevalier de Chastelleux experience while in Connecticut?

5. What term do Americans use to describe the process of clearing the land of trees?

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