Amendments
What are three things protected by the 1st Amendment?
Speech / Religion / Protest / Press / Petition
What group of people believe in limiting the power of the national government?
Anti-Federalists
Ratify
What amendment protects you from being sentenced to prison for 20 years as a result of stealing a candy bar?
8th Amendment
What section of the colonies built their economies on exporting fishing and shipbuilding products?
New England Colonies
What amendment was also a grievance in the Declaration of Independence?
3rd Amendment
What title was James Madison given?
Father of the Constitution
Constitution
What section of the Constitution focuses on your individual liberties?
Bill of Rights
What year did the battle at Saratoga take place in?
1777
What does the 4th Amendment protect you from?
Unlawful Search and Seizure
The drafters of this document feared that the national government would have too much power.
Articles of Confederation
What word/phrase defines the Supreme Court's power to overrule a law if it is unconstitutional?
Judicial Review
What allowed the South to count its slaves as a portion of its population?
3/5 Compromise
What are your three Unalienable Rights listed in the Declaration of Independence AND why do you have them?
Life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness / Because you are human
What amendment gives states the power to create their own laws?
10th Amendment
What group of people believe that the stability of our nation relies on the federal government having power?
Federalists
What word is defined by the National and State governments sharing powers?
Federalism
What created a bicameral legislature by combining the New Jersey and Virginia plans?
Great Compromise
How were colonists punished for the Boston Tea Party protest?
Intolerable Acts
What amendment states that you are innocent until proven guilty and have the right to due process?
5th Amendment
Who was an Anti-Federalist and instrumental in getting a Bill of Rights added to the Constitution?
George Mason
What word/phrase defines how we the people elect representatives to carry out our beliefs?
Republicanism / Popular Sovereignty
What event proved the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation, ultimately leading to it being replaced by the Constitution?
Shay's Rebellion
What year was our first representative government formed in Jamestown, Virginia?
1619