Essay Write at least two or three sentences to answer each of the following questions. Be sure your answers are detailed and clearly stated.
16 Points - 4 Each
1. Name the three branches of the government set up at this time by the newly formed nation. Tell
the major function of each branch.
2. Describe the powers that the federal and state governments gained under the Constitution.
3. What were the differences in the opinions of the Federalists and the Antifederalists regarding
the Constitution?
4. As presented in the lesson discussion in a letter to her husband the President, Abigail Adams
asked him to consider carefully the rights of which groups? What was his response to her arguments for these rights?