Governing Documents
What document formally declared the United States independent
Declaration of Independence
What popular phrase was used to express the colonists' displeasure with Britain's taxes?
"No taxation without representation!"
who wrote the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
Which Article in the Constitution explains the Executive branch
Article 2
What year was the Declaration of Independence ratified
July 4, 1776
What was the first written constitution of America
Articles of Confederation
What group dumped tea into the Boston Harbor as a stand against the taxes?
The Sons of Liberty
Who was the preacher most famous during the Great Awakening?
John Whitefield
what majority is needed to veto a presidential bill
2/3 in both houses
What was the outcome of Marbury v. Madison
It gave the judicial branch the power of judicial review, the power to declare a new law unconstitutional
What document formally ended the Revolutionary War?
Treaty of Paris 1783
What was the Great Awakening?
The spread of spiritual revival across America
Who was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence
John Hancock
What is Habeas Corpus?
The right to a judge
What was the date of the "shot heard around the world"
April 19, 1775
What ensures that the president and vice president are of the same party?
12th Amendment
What are the 5 pillars of American Exceptionalism
There is a divine creator, and the divine creator gives us inalienable rights, the government's job is to protect these rights, there is moral law, consent of the governed
Who was the leader of the Sons of Liberty
Samuel Adams
What is the Nessacary and Proper Claus, and which branch used it?
Nessacary and Proper Claus allowed Congress to make any laws as they deemed necessary
What was argued in McCulloch v. Maryland (100 bonus points for the year)
Congress could establish a national bank (1819)
What were the Mecklenburg Resolutions?
Explain the proper relationship between government and citizens
Name 3 of the 4 types of Law (100-point bonus for all 4)
Ceremonial Law, Moral Law, Judicial Law, Social Compact Law
Who were the three authors of the Federalist Papers (100-point bonus if you know how many letters each of them wrote)
Alexander Hamilton(51), James Madison(29), John Jay(5)
name 5 of the constitutional powers listed in Article 1, Section 8
Possible Answers
1. Raise revenue and use that revenue to pay off debt and protect the nation
2. “To borrow money on the credit of the United States;”
3. Protect the free enterprise system (the exchange of wealth and goods with as little government regulation as possible) and free flow of commerce.
4. Establish immigration laws and process.
5. Establish bankruptcy laws and process.
6. Establish national currency and monitor its supply and value and punish counterfeiters of that money supply.
7. “To establish post offices and post roads;”
8. Protect private property of inventors and artists.
9. Design Court System.
10. “To define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and offences against the law of nations;”
11. “To declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water;”
12. Make rules for a national military.
13. Calling forth and training the state militias for national needs.
14. Oversee and govern all federal property, including Washington, DC as well as all bases, federal buildings, territories, etc.
15. “To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof.”
What year was the War Powers Act ratified
1973