Legislative Branch
Main responsibility of the legislative branch
To make our countries laws
To enforce (carry out) the laws
Main responsibility of the judicial branch
To interpret the laws and administer justice
The Father of the Constitution
James Madison
The Americans way of protesting the tax on tea
The Boston Tea Party
Serves a 6 year term
Senators
The term of a president
4 years
This person appoints all Supreme Court justices
The President
Selected to be the president of the Constitutional Convention
George Washington
Supporters of the Constitution
Federalists
Can serve an unlimited number of terms (2 part answer)
Senate and House of Representatives
The age a person has to be to run for president
35 or older
Number of justices on the Supreme Court
Nine
Said “Give me liberty or give me death”
Patrick Henry
A plan for representation that favored the smaller states and requested equal representation among all states
The New Jersey Plan
Serves as the presiding officer over the Senate
The Vice President of the United States
Total number of Cabinet positions in the President's Cabinet
15
The qualifications to be a federal judge
Good behavior
Wrote the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
The three unalienable rights listed in the Declaration of Independence
Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
All revenue bills must begin here
House of Representatives
The amendment that limits the number of terms a president can serve
22nd amendment
The only way a federal judge can be removed from office
Impeachment
The current Vice President of the United States
J.D. Vance
This group adopted the Articles of Confederation