Chapter 2 Test Review
Origins of American Government
There 40 questions on the test – All multiple choice
Which colonies were royal colonies?
How were the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution alike?
Where did the Constitutional Convention meet in 1787?
Which colony was a place for religious and personal freedom?
Which type of colony was largely self-governing?
What were some of the basic features of American democracy?
In what type of government are the law-making and law-executing functions lodged in separate branches of the
government?
How were all three types of colonies established?
What did the weakness in the Articles of Confederation result in?
Which English ruler signed the Petition of Right?
How many states had ratified the Constitution at the time of inauguration?
Which English ruler signed the Magna Carta?
What was the purpose of The Federalist?
Which city was the first capital of the United States?
Why was James Madison called the “Father of the Constitution”?
What was the major difference between the New Jersey and Virginia Plans?
What did the delegates to the Philadelphia Convention agree to?
What was the Connecticut Compromise?
Who were some of the leading Federalists?
How could you best describe the Anti-Federalists?
Know the sequence of events of the following: (Great Compromise, Ratification of the Constitution by all 13 states,
First meeting of the new Congress and Washington being sworn in as President)
How were governors chosen in a royal colony?
What was our first national government?
What ideas did the Declaration of Independence contain?
What were the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
How could you describe representation under the Articles of Confederation?
What was Shay’s Rebellion?
Who was elected as President of the Philadelphia Convention?
What was a charter colony?
What states were proprietary colonies?
Who proposed the Albany Plan of Union in 1754?
Where is the phrase “We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal” located?
What is the oldest written constitution in the world today?
With what document did the United States come into being?
What powers did the Congress have under the Articles of Confederation?
How could the Articles of Confederation be amended?
How was government set up under the Articles of Confederation?
What settled the dispute concerning representation?
Why did Anti-Federalists oppose the Constitution?