DOI
The nation that the U.S. broke apart from
What is Britain?
The type of government of the United States
What is a democracy?
The popular motto that colonists protested with to the British taxes
What is no taxation without representation?
The natural right stated in the first amendment
What is “freedom of speech/expression”?
The colors of the U.S. flag
What are red, white, and blue?
Three Founding Fathers (people who made the Declaration of Independence)
What is George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison?
The main difference between monarchy and democracy
Answers may vary.
The event that the Tea Act led to
What is the Boston Tea Party?
The first ten amendments is known as this
What is the Bill of Rights?
What is "...justice for all?"
The three natural rights that the DOI states
What is "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness"?
Colonists did these actions to go against the British government
What is "held protests and petitions"?
The reason why taxes were put on colonists
What is "Britain was in debt after the French and Indian War"?
The number of amendments passed
What is 27?
The person who designed the U.S. flag
Who is Betsy Ross?
Stated in the DOI, "We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are..." Finish the sentence.
What is "...created equal"?
The three branches of government, which formed a democracy
What is "legislative, judicial, executive"?
What the people who boycotted British goods were called.
What is the Sons of Liberty/Daughters of Liberty?
The amendments are found in this document
What is the Constitution?
The number of verses the Star Spangled Banner has
What is 4 verses?
The real date of the signing of the Declaration of Independence
What is August 2nd, 1776?
The type of democracy the U.S. has now
What is representative democracy?
The last act among the four acts to be passed
What is the Tea Act?
The definition of someone "pleading the 5th" in court
What is "have the right to not answer questions asked by the judge"?
The battle that inspired the creation of the Star Spangled Banner
What is the Battle of Baltimore?