The Constitution
__________ branches of government
3
The First Amendment guarantees these 3 freedoms
Religion
Speech
Press
This state was the FIRST to ratify the Constitution
Delaware
A slave who runs away
Fugitive
Did not help write the Constitution because he was in France
Thomas Jefferson
This government branch makes the laws.
Legislative
The Second Amendment guarantees this freedom
Freedom to have a weapon
This state was LAST to ratify the Constitution
Rhode Island
to stop a disagreement, everyone gives up a little of what they want
Compromise
Number of states that sent delegates to the Constitutional Convention
12
The government branch enforces the laws
Executive
The Third Amendment forbids soldiers from doing this
Forcing people to have soldiers live in their homes
This group supported the Constitution
Federalists
central government
Federal
Rhode Island
This government branch interprets the laws
Judicial
The number of Amendments in the Bill of Rights
10
The Anti-Federalists wanted this added to the Constitution
Bill of Rights
The group of men who wrote the Constitution
Framers
Bill of Rights
1787
The 4th Amendment forbids the police from doing this
Searching your home without a warrant
This group did NOT support the Constitution
Anti-Federalists
to list the duties of the president
Enumerate
The reason the North agreed to the 3/5ths Compromise
They thought slavery soon would die out