How well do you know our founding?

Take this short quiz and find out how well you know our founding?

1. Who presented the Virginia Plan to the Constitution Convention on May 29, 1787?
   Patrick Henry
   James Madison
   George Mason
   Charles Pinckney
   Edmund Randolph
   
   
2. Rhode Island did not have delegates at the Constitution Convention because
   The Upper Chamber in the Legislature failed to approve it
   Rhode Island did not want to alter the Articles of Confederation
   The Delegates did not arrive at the Convention in time
   Rhode Island did not elect Delegates in time
   Rhode Island was not aware the convention was taking place
   
   
3. How many Amendments were in the Bill of rights Congress presented to the States in 1789
   10
   11
   12
   13
   14
   
   
4. What State did not ratify the Constitution in its first Convention?
   Massachusetts
   New Hampshire
   New York
   North Carolina
   Virginia
   
   
5. How Many States proposed amendments to the Constitution when they Ratified it?
   3
   5
   7
   9
   11
   
   
6. Who was selected as a Delegate to the Convention but refused to attend?
   John Adams
   Samuel Adams
   Patrick Henry
   John Jay
   Thomas Jefferson
   
   
7. What was the first to propose a bicameral legislature
   Virginia Plan
   Pinckney Plan
   Benjamin Franklin in an Address
   New Jersey Plan
   Great (Connecticut) Compromise
   
   
8. How may persons were debated to be the Executive (President)
   1 was only ever considered
   2
   3
   4
   5
   
   
9. What was the first to recommend a Convention in May 1787
   Mount Vernon Conference
   Annapolis Convention
   Petition of the States following Shays' Rebellion
   Act of Congress under the Articles of Confederation
   Invitation of the State of Pennsylvania to hold a Convention
   
   
10. The Articles of Confederation were fully enacted on
    June 12, 1776
    November 11, 1777
    March 1, 1781
    March 4, 1783
    September 17, 1787
    
    

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