Quiz 3 - Rev and New Nation

Quiz 3 Revolution & New Nation Date: Name: 1. The painting below shows New Yorkers in a co ee house reading and talking about the newly drafted U.S. Constitution. Much of the voting public worried about the Constitution's lack of protection of individual rights. They were promised a Bill of Rights to increase such protection. 2. The excerpt below is from George Washington's Farewell Address in 1796. It [party con ict] serves always to distract the public councils and enfeeble the public administration. It agitates the community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms; kindles the animosity [hatred] of one part against another; foments [provokes] occasionally riot and insurrection. —George Washington, Farewell Address (1796) Which of the following statements best summarizes George Washington's view of political parties? Which of the following people was responsible for adding the Bill of Rights to the United States Constitution? A. Andrew Jackson B. Meriwether Lewis C. James Madison D. John Winthrop A. They were sources of corruption. B. They were controlled by social elites. C. They were sources of division in the country. D. They were prone to in uence by foreign powers. page 1 Quiz 3 3. Revolution & New Nation The timeline below matches some important 18th-century documents with the years they were written. 5. A direct cause of the American Revolution was A. being taxed by England without representation. B. the repeal of the Stamp Act by England. C. the need for more farmland to the west. D. losing the French and Indian War. 6. Which document is represented by the X on the timeline? 4. A. the Monroe Doctrine B. the May ower Compact C. the Kansas-Nebraska Act How did the British victory in the French and Indian War contribute to the beginning of the American Revolution? A. Great Britain tried to trade western Virginia to France for Montreal. B. Great Britain tried to sell to France territory conquered during the war. D. the United States Constitution C. Great Britain forced new taxes on American colonists to pay for war debts. Which reason best explains why many Anti-Federalists nally agreed to the rati cation of the U.S. Constitution? D. Great Britain forced American colonists to migrate across the Appalachians. A. the addition of the Bill of Rights B. arguments by George Washington C. a desire to create a better relationship with the Federalists D. a fear that civil war would break out if the dispute were not settled page 2