Which statement concerning the delegates to the Constitutional Convention is most accurate?
A) They were dominated by the great farmers from the mid-Atlantic and southern states.
B) They tended to be wealthy lawyers in their thirties and forties.
C) They were predominantly America's elder statesmen, the generation that had shaped the nation's destiny since the 1750s.
D) They were mainly merchants, shippers, and businessmen with a solidly commercial, international outlook.
E) They represented a cross-section of American society in the 1780s.
Question 2
What did the term democrat imply for most elite leaders of the American Revolution?
A) mob rule and or rule by an uneducated multitude.
B) virtuous leaders elected for their superior talents and commitment to the public good
C) universal suffrage
D) a large, powerful, and intrusive federal government
E) a weak defense policy and frequent military defeat.