Quiz Me! - Era: Creation of the Constitution Test your knowledge about the Creation of the Constitution era. 1 / 10 Who wrote the Commentaries on Laws of England 1765-69? Thomas Hobbes Baron Charles de Montesquieu John Locke William Blackstone 2 / 10 One of the three authors of The Federalist Papers, along with Alexander Hamilton and James Madison Aaron Burr Thomas Jefferson Benjamin Franklin John Jay 3 / 10 Which of the following did the framers of the U.S. Bill of Rights take almost verbatim from the English Bill of Rights of 1689? Right to a speedy and public trial. Right to freedom of religion. No cruel and unusual punishment. Right to bear arms. 4 / 10 What is a major influence of the English Petition of Right on the American government? It modeled how to get a monarchy to listen to the rights of people. America borrowed the idea of state’s rights from the English Petition of Right. The document influenced America’s right to petition and right to due process of law. The entire U.S. Bill of Rights is taken from the English Petition of Right. 5 / 10 Who wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights? George Washington Thomas Jefferson James Madison George Mason 6 / 10 Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a political philosopher who argued that man was essentially good, but degraded into cruelty without laws. This was referred to as being a what? An aristocrat A human A noble savage A caveman 7 / 10 Edmund Randolph, sometimes called a “Forgotten Founder,” opposed a single President during the Constitutional Convention, and instead suggested what? A Monarch No executive branch A three-person executive council Two co-leaders 8 / 10 What was the first Constitution of the United States? Fundamental Orders of Connecticut The Mayflower Compact The Articles of Confederation The U.S. Constitution of 1787 9 / 10 After the delegates signed the Constitution on September 17, what happened next? Rhode Island delegates refused to sign the new Constitution. Each state held a ratifying convention to approve or reject the Constitution. The Constitution became the official U.S. government when all states signed the document. Protesters opposed the new Constitution because the document was created in secret. 10 / 10 What significant event came about as a result of the Annapolis Convention? Alexander Hamilton called for another convention to revise the Articles of Confederation. Shay’s Rebellion followed as a result of the failed convention. George Washington was elected president of the United States. Ohio became the first state admitted to the US following the Revolution. Your score is Restart quiz
