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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Life, Liberty and Property. The People at Large. The Method of Electing Congressmen. June 6-7..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As described in Chapter Four, what is the main focus of the delegates' debates?
(a) The right to prepare a Constitution.
(b) The rights of states.
(c) The rights of individual citizens.
(d) The rights of immigrants.

2. What forms the basis of the Convention's procedure?
(a) The Articles of Confederation.
(b) The Magna Carta.
(c) The Virginia Resolves.
(d) The Pennsylvania Constitution.

3. Who is Edmund Randolph?
(a) Governor of New Jersey.
(b) Governor of New York.
(c) Governor of New Hampshire.
(d) Governor of Virginia.

4. What is Shay's Rebellion?
(a) A rebellion by the colonists against the British rulers.
(b) A revolt by farmers in Western Massachusetts angered over taxation by leaders in Boston.
(c) A movement by Southern farmers to keep slavery in their states.
(d) A movement by the Massachusetts delegation to prevent the writing of a Constitution.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When the Convention opens, in which city is Congress meeting?

2. What motion does the Committee of the Whole approve before they adjourn on the last day of May?

3. What metaphor does John Dickinson use to describe his view of American government?

4. Which delegate is the oldest?

5. Which delegate is beloved by the French?

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