QUESTIONS ON THE REQUIRED READINGS
1. What were the chief powers of the New England Confederation? (Guitteau, page 208.)
2. What was the nature of the Stamp Act Congress? (Guitteau, pages 208-209.)
3. What was the most fatal weakness of the Confederation government? (Guitteau, page 212.)
4. Outline the movement for constitutional revision. (Beard, pages 42- 44.)
5. Discuss the membership of the Constitutional Convention. (Beard, pages 44-45.)
6. Outline the defects of the Articles of Confederation which were avoided in framing the Federal Constitution. (Beard, pages 53-56.)
7. What were some of the objections to the ratification of the Federal Constitution? (Beard, pages 56-58.)
8. Compare the English and American Constitutions with respect to flexibility. (Munro, pages 57-58.)
9. What effect has constitutional development had upon the division of powers? (Munro, pages 69-70.)
10. Has the development of the Federal Constitution made government more or less democratic? (Munro, page 70.)