Branches of Government
US Constitution
American Revolution
100

 What are the three branches of government?

What are Legislative, Executive, and Judicial

100

What is the supreme law of the land?

What is the Constitution?

100

 What event is known for the protest against British taxes by throwing tea into Boston Harbor?

What is the Boston Tea Party?

200

Which branch of government makes the laws?

What is the Legislative branch?

200

What document outlines the rights of American citizens?
 

What is the Bill of Rights?

200

What was the result of the Boston Massacre?

 What is the killing of five colonists by British soldiers?

300

Who is in charge of the Executive branch?

What is the President?

300

What was the main purpose of the Constitutional Convention?

What was to create a stronger federal government?

300

What were the Townshend Acts?
 

What are laws that taxed goods imported to the American colonies?

400

 What is the role of the Judicial branch?

What is to interpret the laws?

400

What year was the Constitution written?
 

What is 1787?

400

What document declared the colonies' independence from Britain?

What is the Declaration of Independence?

500

How many justices are on the Supreme Court?

What is nine?

500

What is ratification?

What is the official approval of the Constitution?

500

What was the significance of the American Revolution?

What is it established the United States as an independent nation?

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