Pre-Assessment WGU American Politics and the US Constitution C963

Pre-Assessment WGU American Politics and the US Constitution C963 Who was responsible for drafting the Bill of Rights and submitting it to Congress? - ANSWER James Madison Why did the colonists oppose being taxed by Great Britain? - ANSWER They did not have elected representatives in the House of Commons What was a major difference between the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution? - ANSWER The Articles of Confederation did not provide for a national judiciary Why did the framers design the government under the Articles of Confederation with a Congress? - ANSWER They wanted a government based on the representation of the population What did the Great Compromise between the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan that was finalized in the Constitution establish? - ANSWER A two-chamber congress What were the results of the three-fifths compromise? - ANSWER It allowed slave states to count three-fifths of their enslaved population for the purpose of representation