Constitution
This states the six goals of the Constitution.
What is the Preamble
This man said all men have natural rights.
Who is John Locke
In 1620 49 men signed a document that would set up how they would live in the new world.
What is the Mayflower Compact
A local law is called a?
What is an ordinance
The Legislative Branch's main job?
What is the power to tax.
This article explains the amendment process
What is article 5
He is called the Father of the Constitution.
Who is James Madison
This document limited the power of the King.
Magna Carta 1215
State government is similar to federal government in this way.
What is has three branches.
The main job of the Judicial Branch is this.
What is to declare laws unconstitutional.
This article talks about how the Constitution is the Supreme law of the land.
What is article six
If power is not separated, then government will become to powerful is credited to this man.
Who is Montesquieu
In 1775 Thomas Paine wrote a pamphlet that incited revolution to the people.
What is Common Sense
Some states do this to make sure voting is skewed one way or another.
What is gerrymandering
The Executive branch has this type of power.
What is enumerated power
This article addresses the relationship with the states
What is article four
This reluctant general headed up the 1st and 2nd Continental Congress'
Who is Washington
In 1791 the Antifederalist got this added to the Constitution thanks in part to a document a hundred years earlier.
What is the English Bill of Rights
The state court system from lowest to highest
What is trial court, appellate court, state supreme court.
The rule of law states this.
What is no one is above the law not even the president
The Legislative branch has the power to stretch at times this is called.
What is the elastic clause.
This man wrote the DoI and is said to have plagiarized parts of it from John Locke.
Who is Thomas Jefferson
In 1781 the first government of the fledgling United States.
What is the Article of Confederation
The head of a state is a governor the head of a city is this
What is the mayor
The idea of judicial review for the Judicial Branch came from.
What is Marbury v Madison