American Revolution
Upstate New York, the Hudson River Valley, Sept. 1777 big news!
Where and what is defeat of major British military force at Saratoga?
Article 1 establishes this.
What is the national Legislature or Congress?
Article 2 establishes this.
What is the Presidency (and executive branch)?
Procedures for ratifying the Constitution (making it law) are in this Article.
What is Article 7?
"Congress shall make ___ law..."
What is "no" ?
Lexington and Concord in 1775, and this event in 1781 mark the beginning and end of the fighting.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
Members of the House of Representatives are elected for this amount of time each term.
What is two years?
This person serves under the president and will become President if the President dies in office.
What is the Vice President?
This clause says States must recognize legal arrangements made between citizens of other states - such as marriage licenses.
What is the "full faith and credit" clause?
"Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of _________ or the exercise thereof;..."
What is religion?
The name for groups of armed citizens who assemble quickly, especially in New England.
What are militias, or "minute men"?
Because each state gets two members to represent their state in the Senate, it is considered a more powerful body. Another reason is that the term of office is :
What is six years?
This person, nominated by the President, is in charge of foreign affairs and a key member of the 'cabinet.'
What is Secretary of State?
Article 6's most significant point.
What is the supremacy clause? (It also acknowledges need to pay off war debt from previous government).
==I am collecting signatures on this statement about why federal law should prohibit all gas-powered cars by 2030. =Really? ==Yes, you want to sign? It's in the 1st amendment, it's your Constitutional right to _____________ .
What is right to petition government for a redress of grievances?
The Tea Act renewed cries for colonial input in British law making. The slogan used in these revolutionary "cries."
What is 'no taxation without representation"?
A power given to Congress in section 8 of article 1 that allows Congress to expand its authority.
What is the 'necessary and proper' clause?
Phrase used in the Constitution given for the military authority an elected civilian President has.
What is Commander in Chief?
Changing (amending) the Constitution is in this part.
What is Article 5?
The preamble says the Constitution is being written to form a more perfect _________ of the states.
What is a more perfect union?
If the Stamp Act Crisis in 1765 is the beginning of the organized political protest against British rule, and if organizing of a Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia in 1775-6 to declare independence is an endpoint, then the 'Boston Massacre' would be....
What is the mid-point (1770)?
Right given to this body to initiate (start) all revenue bills (tax bills, fees, commissions, federal land purchases or sale, tariffs, etc.)
What is the House of Representatives?
The number of justices currently serving on the Supreme Court.
What is nine?
Two thirds of all the state legislatures can call upon Congress to hold a special Convention in order to do this.
What is to hold a Constitutional Convention to propose changes that would then require a supermajority for passsage?
The main Constitutional argument by Tik Tok was that the legislation forcing it to sell to US owners or be banned, was based on free ____________ in the 1st Amendment.
speech and/or freedom of the press