Founding Fathers-
Part 1
Part 1
He was chosen by the Electoral College to be the first President of the United States.
George Washington
He founded a library, fire department, police patrol, city hospital and initiated a program to pave and light city streets.
Ben Franklin
This is where the Constitution of the United States was written.
Philadelphia
True or false- the rights of the American people come from the government.
False- our rights come from God and the government cannot take away the rights of the people.
This is the guide for how we treat others.
Natural Law
He was the oldest delegate (82 years old) at the Constitutional Convention.
Ben Franklin
At the Constitutional Convention, he introduced the Great Compromise allowing only two representatives from each state to be elected to the Senate.
Roger Sherman
This is how long it took to write the Constitution.
4 months- 6 days a week
This amendment of the Bill of Rights allows citizens to "bear arms."
Amendment 2
This is the primary goal of the government.
The primary goal of the government is to protect the rights of the people.
He proposed a national bank and a national mint.
Alexander Hamilton
He was called the "Penman of the Constitution" and wrote the beginning of the Preamble: "We the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union..."
Gouverneur Morris
How many men were involved in writing the Constitution?
55 men
True or false- the government can arrest anyone at any time.
False- Amendment 4 prevents the government from arresting citizens for no reason
These are the laws that were made to protect our rights.
Constitutional Laws
His great ideas influenced the writing of the Constitution and for this he is known as the "Father of the Constitution."
James Madison
He did not sign the Constitution because it lacked a Bill of Rights and created a federal government that he thought was too strong.
George Mason
This is the number of words in the Constitution.
4,500 words
This amendment states that rights of citizens exist outside the Constitution.
Amendment 9
Elected leaders are the ________ of the people.
servants
He is the only person to have signed all four of the most significant documents in our nation's history.
Roger Sherman
Most of the final wording in the Constitution came from him.
Gouverneur Morris
He presided over the entire Constitutional Convention in the spring of 1787.
George Washington
"Innocent until proven guilty" would align with this amendment.
Amendment 6
Define a Constitutional Republic.
-representative government
-has a separation of powers
-has a system of checks and balances to protect freedoms and liberties
-In a Constitutional Republic there are certain truths that are eternal and irrefutable- life, liberty, pursuit of happiness- that do not change just because the majority want them to change.
BONUS: Is the word "democracy" actually in the founding documents of the United States?