Government Midterm CH. 2

In their fight against British taxes such as the Stamp Act and the Sugar Act of 1764, New England merchants allied with which of the following groups?

How did the British attempt to raise revenue in the North American colonies?

The first governing document in the United States was..

Where was the execution of laws conducted under the Articles of Confederation?

Which of the following was not a reason that the articles of confederation seemed too weak?

Which event lead directly to the constitutional convention by providing evidence that the government created under the articles of the confederation was unable to act decisively in times of national crises?

The draft constitution that was introduced at the start of the constitutional convention was authored by...

Which state's proposal embodied a principle of representing states in the congress according to their size and wealth?

The agreement reached at the constitutional convention that determined that every slave would be counted as a fraction of a person for the purpose of taxation and representation in the house of representatives was called the...

What mechanism was instituted in the congress to guard against excessive democracy?

Which of the following best describes the supreme court as understood by the founders?

Theorist such as Montesquieu referred to the principle of giving each branch of government a distinctly different constituency as...

Which of the following were the anti-federalists most concerned with?

Which of the following best describes the process of amending the constitution?

Which political value was the most important for the framers of the constitution?