The New Jersey Plan was a reaction by some states primarily to the fear that
A) the legislative veto power called for by the Virginia Plan would seriously undermine individual states' rights.
B) the weak central government devised by the Virginia Plan would grant too much power to rural states.
C) the strong central government devised by the Virginia Plan would grant too little power to the states.
D) the Virginia Plan gave too much power to populous states.
E) Hamilton's suggestions about the executive branch would be accepted by the convention.
Question -2-Madison dramatized his perspective in a Federalist paper by observing that if men were _________, no government would be necessary.
A) Federalists
B) Anti-Federalists
C) angels
D) aristocrats
E) Puritans
Question -3-The state of nature referred to by Locke means
A) a society without government.
B) a government without society.
C) the formation of government along the lines of natural law.
D) the clash between government and society.
E) the very highest form of government.
Question -4-Which delegate was known worldwide as a famous scientist at the time of the convention?
A) Washington
B) Franklin
C) Madison
D) Hamilton
E) Adams
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