Influential People
Influential Documents
Declaration of Independence/ AOC
U.S. Constitution
3 Branches
100
Time period in history where influential philosophers in Europe thought of ways to make society better.
What is the Enlightenment?
100
This document was written by Thomas Paine and influenced the colonists to declare their independence from Britain.
What is Common Sense?
100
The date the Declaration of Independence was signed.
What is July 4, 1776?
100
This part of the U.S. Constitution lists the six purposes of government according to the Founding Fathers.
What is the Preamble?
100
Name the three branches of government.
What is the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branch?
200
This philosopher came up with the idea of natural law. Life, Liberty, and Property.
Who was John Locke?
200
This document limited the power of the king
What is the Magna Carta?
200
This document listed the colonists' grievances with the king of England.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
200
The first ten amendments of the U.S Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
200
This branch of government creates laws.
What is the Legislative Branch?
300
Montesquieu is a french philosopher that inspired the idea of _______________, which inspired our three branches of government.
What is separation of power?
300
This document influenced our own Bill of Rights
What is the English Bill of Rights?
300
This document was our Founding Fathers first attempt at government and was our first Constitution.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
300
This amendment guarantees privacy and protection against search and seizures.
What is the 4th amendment?
300
This branch of government interprets the law.
What is the Judicial branch?
400
This philosopher inspired the line in the Declaration of Independence, "All men are created equal".
Who was John Locke?
400
This influential document established the idea of self-government
What is the Mayflower Compact?
400
The Articles of Confederation had many issues. Name two issues with the Articles of Confederation.
What is federal government could not tax, could not create a national army, could not settle disputes between the states?
400
This amendment gives citizens the right to remain silent.
What is the fifth amendment?
400
This branch of government enforces the laws.
What is the Executive Branch?
500
This thinker was not living during the Enlightenment, but he made the Enlightenment thinkers easier to understand in a book called, "Common Sense".
Who was Thomas Paine?
500
What is Due Process?
Government must follow procedures when enforcing laws. It is a right in Amendment 5.
500
This document was created to fix the issues in the Articles of Confederation.
What is the U.S. Constitution?
500
This amendment made slavery illegal.
What is the 13th amendment?
500
This is the system set up in our government that ensures one branch does not become more powerful than the next.
What is checks and balances?
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