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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. Why is indigence a bad word for most delegates to the Convention?
(a) The delegates are fearful of becoming poor themselves.
(b) The delegates believe that the indigent population rebels against their decisions at any moment.
(c) The delegates associate poverty with laziness.
(d) The delegates are concerned that European countries realize the states need assistance in paying off their debts.

2. Which American food does Brissot de Warville describe as food for the man who wants to be free?
(a) The apple.
(b) The potato.
(c) Deer or venison.
(d) Squirrel.

3. What is the first resolution of the New Jersey Plan?
(a) That a single executive governs the country.
(b) That the Articles of Confederation are revised to make the federal Constitution adequate.
(c) That all states have equal representation in Congress.
(d) That a national government is established with a supreme legislative, judicial, and executive branches.

4. Which state comes prepared to oppose proportional representation?
(a) New York.
(b) Delaware.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) New Jersey.

5. Which delegate opens the Convention's "main business"?
(a) James Madison.
(b) Alexander Hamilton.
(c) Benjamin Franklin.
(d) Edmund Randolph.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hamilton get named as a delegate to the Convention?

2. What question is considered at the first Saturday meeting of the quorum?

3. What is important about the reading of state credentials?

4. At the beginning of the Convention, Governor Morris reads a letter from whom?

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

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