Prior to creation of our current constitutional structure in the 1770s, the thirteen colonial governments
a. were recognized as independent, sovereign entities by other world powers.
b. mirrored those of England during the same period.
c. had governors who were elected by the qualified voters.
d. were completely subordinate to a powerful central government.
e. did not exist.
Question 2
During the Civil War, a coalition of eleven Protestant denominations from the Northern states directed their anger at the ______ in the First Amendment and sought to alter the wording of the Preamble of the Constitution.
a. Establishment Clause
b. Free Exercise Clause
c. right of free speech
d. right of free press
e. right to peacefully assemble
