Chapter 6

Quiz for Document 6-1: Instructions to the Delegates from Mecklenburg to the Provincial Congress at Halifax in November (1776)

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Question 1

Instructions to the Delegates from Mecklenburg to the Provincial Congress at Halifax in November gives historians insight into which of the following phenomena?A. The priorities of the North Carolina assembly at the beginning of the American Revolution
B. Elite North Carolinians’ willingness to share political power with common men
C. North Carolinians’ emphasis on property rights—including slavery—in their state government
D. North Carolina farmers’ hopes and fears regarding their new state government

Question 2

What mechanism was proposed by the instructions to the delegates to protect what might be termed “unalienable rights” of the people against governmental interference?A. A bill of rights
B. A democratic government
C. The executive power
D. The judicial power

Question 3

The delegates were instructed to create a religious test for holding public office that would exclude atheists, Jews, andA. Baptists.
B. Presbyterians.
C. Quakers.
D. Roman Catholics.