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Who was known as "The Fighting Quaker"?
Nathaniel Green
100
The person who originally wrote "These United Colonies are, and of right ought to be free and independent states" was from what state?
Virginia (Richard Henry Lee)
100
How many votes did states get in the legislature under the Articles?
One
100
When was the Constitution signed?
1787
100
What is the word used to describe the wandering of the Nationless Jews?
Diaspora
200
Who were two important people NOT present at the Constitutional Convention?
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
200
This state ratified the Constitution because it needed help dealing with the Indian wars it had created.
Georgia
200
How many states had to agree to add a new article to the Articles of the Confederation?
All of them
200
Where did the Constitutional Convention take place?
Pennsylvania
200
Name two people who were scared of Paine's ability to "stir the masses"
John Adams and Ben Franklin
300
Who was the president of the Second Continental Congress?
John Hancock
300
The person who concocted this plan, which favored small states, was from this "small" state...
New Jersey
300
What years are known as "The Confederation Period"?
1781-1789
300
Who is known as "The Father of the Constitution"?
James Madison
300
According to Paine, why did society need the "necessary evil" of government?
Because people did not follow "Moral Virtue"
400
Who was the youngest person to sign the Declaration of Independence?
Edward Rutledge
400
This "compromise" said that each state would only have two senators.
Connecticut Compromise (Great Compromise) (Who wrote it?)
400
How many states had to agree to amend an article?
9
400
Who originally chose the senators from each state?
The State Legislatures
400
What was unique about "Common Sense" in the debate with England?
It attacked the King, not Parliament
500
Who founded the Quaker religion?
George Fox
500
First State to Abolish Slavery
Pennsylvania
500
What three things could the government do under the Articles of the Confederation?
Diplomacy with foreign nations Negotiate Foreign Treaties Declare War
500
What is Amendment #10 to the Constitution known as?
The States Rights Amendment
500
According to Thomas Paine, who first introduced Monarchy to the world?
Heathens