WHO WAS THERE

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WHO WAS THERE?

• Questions about the Constitutional Convention

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In 1779, I was elected to represent Virginia as a
member of Congress under the Articles of
Confederation.
Daniel Shays
Governor Morris
John Adams
Patrick Henry
James Madison
Samuel Adams
John Hancock
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
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I was elected president of the Constitutional
Convention.
Daniel Shays
Governor Morris
John Adams
Patrick Henry
Samuel Adams
James Madison
John Hancock
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
4
I was sick, so I could not attend the
Constitutional Convention.
Daniel Shays
Governor Morris
John Adams
Patrick Henry
Samuel Adams
James Madison
John Hancock
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
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I refused to take part in the Constitutional
Convention because I did not believe that a
stronger national government was a good idea.
Daniel Shays
Governor Morris
John Adams
Patrick Henry
James Madison
John Hancock
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
6
I said of the Constitutional Convention, It
really is an assembly of demigods.
Daniel Shays
Governor Morris
John Adams
James Madison
John Hancock
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
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I was Congresss youngest member at 29 years of
age.
Daniel Shays
Governor Morris
John Adams
James Madison
John Hancock
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
8
I was carried to the Constitutional Convention in
a Chinese sedan chair.
Daniel Shays
Governor Morris
John Adams
John Hancock
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
9
I could not attend the Constitutional Convention
because I was in Paris as the U.S. ambassador to
France.
Daniel Shays
Governor Morris
John Adams
John Hancock
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
10
I changed the opening words in the Preamble to
the Constitution to read We the people of the
United States
Daniel Shays
Governor Morris
John Adams
John Hancock
Benjamin Franklin
George Washington
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I could not attend the Constitutional Convention
because I was in London as the U.S. ambassador to
England.
Daniel Shays
Governor Morris
John Adams
John Hancock
Benjamin Franklin
George Washington
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I was too busy as governor of Massachusetts to
attend the Convention.
Daniel Shays
Governor Morris
John Hancock
Benjamin Franklin
George Washington
13
As a frontier farmer, I was not invited to the
Convention.
Daniel Shays
Governor Morris
Benjamin Franklin
George Washington
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I was given the job of writing down all the ideas
that were approved during the Convention.
Governor Morris
Samuel Adams
Benjamin Franklin
George Washington
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I was the most honored hero of the American
Revolution.
Benjamin Franklin
George Washington