Quiz Me! - People: Creation of the Constitution Test your knowledge about people in the Creation of the Constitution era. 1 / 10 The Baron de Montesquieu was a French political philosopher who argued for which concept that was debated at the Constitutional Convention? Republicanism Separation of Powers of Government Popular Sovereignty Limited Government 2 / 10 He rewrote the Preamble to the Constitution to read “We the People” instead of “We the States.” Thomas Jefferson Alexander Hamilton Gouverneur Morris George Mason 3 / 10 This French nobleman is said to be the most quoted political philosopher by the men at the Constitutional Convention. Baron de Montesquieu Marquis de Lafayette John Locke Thomas Hobbes 4 / 10 Sometimes called a “Forgotten Founder,” this man served as an aide-de-camp to George Washington, a delegate of the Continental Congress, delegate to the Annapolis Convention and the Constitutional Convention. He introduced the Virginia Plan at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. Thomas Paine Edmund Randolph Aaron Burr John Locke 5 / 10 This cobbler worked during the Constitutional Convention to guard the power of states against the national government, suggested Congress should choose the President, opposed the Bill of Rights, and eventually supported Madison’s efforts to add amendments. Sam Houston Benjamin Franklin Marquis de Lafayette Roger Sherman 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? A caveman An aristocrat A human A noble savage 7 / 10 Who is credited with the compromise that resulted in the formation of the Electoral College? Aaron Burr Alexander Hamilton James Wilson George Washington 8 / 10 Alexander Hamilton died as a result from a duel with this man. James Madison Aaron Burr Marquis de Lafayette Thomas Jefferson 9 / 10 One of the three authors of The Federalist Papers, along with Alexander Hamilton and James Madison John Jay Aaron Burr Thomas Jefferson Benjamin Franklin 10 / 10 Edmund Randolph, sometimes called a “Forgotten Founder,” opposed a single President during the Constitutional Convention, and instead suggested what? Two co-leaders A three-person executive council No executive branch A Monarch Your score is Restart quiz