Constitution
What is Rhode Island?
This is the month Independence Day is celebrated.
What is July?
This was the year the Articles of Confederation was ratified.
What is 1781?
This Enlightenment thinker stated we have natural rights and that we are "good" in our natural state.
Who is John Locke
These are the rights protected by the 1st Amendment.
What is Religion, Assembly, Petition, Press, and Speech?
What is the Articles of Confederation?
He was the future President that wrote much of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
A weak national gov't, Can't tax, & no executive branch
What are the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.
He was the chair of the Constitutional Convention.
Who was George Washington?
A person can invoke the right to not incriminate ones self is called
What is pleading the 5th?
The three parts of the US Constitution.
What are Preamble, Articles, & and the Bill of Rights/ Amendments
This is the city where the Declaration of Independence was signed.
What is Philadelphia?
This was the most prominent rebellion during the era of Articles of Confederation?
What is Shay's Rebellion?
He was the committee chair person who wrote the Articles of Confederation.
Who was John Dickenson?
The right to a fair and speedy trail is protected by this Amendment.
What is the 6th Amendment?
This plan allowed the count slaves as persons for taxation and representation purposes.
What is the 3/5 Compromise?
This is the number of offenses listed in the Declaration of Independence, that were committed by King George III
What is 27?
The branch(s) of government created under the Articles of Confederation.
What is the Legislative Branch?
This document helped set precedents for creating new states under the Articles of Confederation.
What is the Northwest Ordinance?
Freedom against unreasonable search and seizures.
What is the 4th Amendment?
To get the Constitution approved this had to be added.
What is the Bill of Rights?
These are the three rights mentioned in the Declaration of Independence.
What are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness?
Who are the Anti-Federalists?
This Enlightenment thinker felt the government ruled by the consent of the people.
Who is Jean Jacques Rousseau?
the total number of amendments in the Bill of Rights.
What is 10?