Review Questions

1. To what form of government did the American revolutionaries turn after the war for independence?
republicanism
monarchy
democracy
oligarchy

2. Which of the following was not one of Franklin’s thirteen virtues?
sincerity
temperance
mercy
tranquility

3. What defined republicanism as a social philosophy?

4. Which of the following figures did not actively challenge the status of women in the early American republic?
Abigail Adams
Phillis Wheatley
Mercy Otis Warren
Judith Sargent Murray

5. Which state had the clearest separation of church and state?
New Hampshire
Pennsylvania
Virginia
New York

6. How would you characterize Thomas Jefferson’s ideas on race and slavery?

7. Which of the following states had the most democratic constitution in the 1780s?
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
South Carolina
Maryland

8. Under the Articles of Confederation, what power did the national Confederation Congress have?
the power to tax
the power to enforce foreign treaties
the power to enforce commercial trade agreements
the power to create land ordinances

9. What were the primary causes of Shays’ Rebellion?

10. Which plan resolved the issue of representation for the U.S. Constitution?
the Rhode Island Agreement
the New Jersey Plan
the Connecticut Compromise
the Virginia Plan

11. How was the U.S. Constitution ratified?
by each state at special ratifying conventions
at the Constitutional Convention of 1787
at the Confederation Convention
by popular referendum in each state

12. Explain the argument that led to the three-fifths rule and the consequences of that rule.