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Answers to Quiz 1 on the Constitution

Digital History ID 3741
True or false:

Each of the 13 original states was represented at the Constitutional Convention.

False: Rhode Island refused to attend.

True or false:

All 55 delegates to the Constitutional Convention signed the Constitution.

False: Five delegates refused to sign.

True or false:

The Constitution signed in 1787 contained the Bill of Rights.

False: The Bill of Rights was adopted in 1791.

True or false:

The original 13 states were required to ratify the Constitution.

False: Only nine of the 13 states were required to ratify the Constitution.

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