Directions: Use your notes, handouts, and textbook to completely answer the following questions. Have your parent/guardian sign your completed study guide and turn it in before the test to have your grade boosted to the next letter grade (A's +5 points). Credit will not be given for incomplete, unsigned, or inadequately answered study guides

1. What government structure was created by the Declaration of Independence?
2. What did each state do after the Declaration of Independence was approved?
3. What was the name of America’s first constitution?
4. What powers were given to Congress under the Articles of Confederation?
5. What powers were NOT given to Congress under the Articles of Confederation?
6. What event showed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
7. Why did delegates from 12 states meet in Philadelphia in May 1787?
8. What 3 decisions did the delegates to the Constitutional Convention make at the beginning of the convention?
9. Explain the Virginia Plan, what states would favor it, and why?
10. Explain the New Jersey Plan, what states would favor it, and why?
11. What was the Great or Connecticut Compromise?
12. Explain the causes and result of the Three-Fifths Compromise.

Your test date will be:

3rd Period--Jan. 14

2nd, 4th, 6th Period--Jan. 15