The earliest colonial legislature in America was the _____.
A) Virginia House of Burgesses
B) Assembly of Freemen
C) Massachusetts House of Representatives
D) Connecticut House of Representatives
E) House of Delegates
Question -2-The Articles of Confederation provided that:
A) each state could send two to seven representatives to the congress.
B) the Congress of the Confederation could force the states to meet military quotas.
C) a bicameral Congress of the Confederation would act as the central governing body.
D) each state, no matter what its size, had two votes.
E) a powerful central government would be formed based on the system of monarchy.
Question -3-The Philadelphia meeting, which became the Constitutional Convention, was called for the sole and express purpose of:
A) revising the Articles of Confederation.
B) drafting the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut.
C) revising the Mayflower Compact.
D) electing a president.
E) reviewing the provisions in the Great Compromise.
Question -4-The Madisonian Model of government was devised to__________.
A) create a unicameral legislature
B) give the judiciary supreme power
C) promote controlling factions
D) implement separation of powers
E) eliminate the judiciary branch
Question -5-The Mayflower Compact is the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution that lists the freedoms-such as the freedoms of speech, press, and religion-that a citizen enjoys and that cannot be infringed on by the government.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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