Quiz - Lesson4: The Constitution of the United States Pt2

Yes, we became one people when we declared independence from Britain.

Yes, We became one people with the Articles of Association in 1774 (as Abraham Lincoln contended).

Yes, we became one people when Britain stopped fighting and let the colonies go free.

No. “We the people…” was a compromise owing to the fact that Article VII of the Constitution allows the document to take effect when nine states ratified it, and it will hold for those states only. Therefore, the drafters couldn’t name every state in case some states rejected the Constitution.

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Quiz – Lesson4: The Constitution of the United States Pt2

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