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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word did Paine use to describe the decisions of juries in Part Two of Rights of Man?

2. What word did Paine use to describe the English Constitution in Of Constitutions?

3. What type of formal government did the frontier areas of America have before the American Revolution?

4. Building on the foundation of Part One, in what style was Part Two of Rights of Man written?

5. How much power did Paine think the Articles of Confederation gave the states?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Paine's objection to the Articles of Confederation?

2. How and why were the committees of America formed before the Declaration of Independence?

3. What was Paine's opinion of George Washington?

4. What was Paine's plan for paying off the national debt in Ways and Means of Improving the Conditions of Europe?

5. How did Paine define the old governments and the new governments in Chapter 3?

6. What did Paine think should be done about the Peers in England?

7. Why did Paine think that natural rights rejected hereditary government?

8. How did Paine describe the elderly and the children in Europe?

9. How was the Constitution passed and what concerns did people have about it at the time?

10. Based on the information provided in Of Constitutions, how did the American Constitution avoid the same mistakes made by the monarchical governments?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Of Constitutions chronicled America's path to Independence and the forming of the Constitution.

1) Describe at least three key events that led to the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation.

2) Explain Paine's objection to the Articles of Confederation and if they seem valid in your opinion.

3) Analyze the ratification of the Constitution and how the concerns the people had back then about the document could be applied to current times.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss three major differences that Paine and Burke had in their opinions of a hereditary monarchy. Also, include an explanation of what a hereditary monarchy was, the negative effects it had on society, and whether or not you agree with Paine about its absurdity.

Essay Topic 3

Both Paine and Burke looked at the storming of the Bastille in very different ways.

1) Describe why Burke might have decided to ignore the Bastille and how he briefly referred to it.

2) Explain Paine's opinion of the Bastille and why he considered it to be an important historical event.

3) Analyze whose opinion of the Bastille you think seems the most logical.

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