Government
This document outlines our structure of government and the balance of powers.
The Constitution
Who won the Revolutionary War?
The Colonists (the United States)
What is one cause of why people want to leave a their home country or state (also know as a "push factor")?
lack of job opportunities, lack of food, religious persecution, violence/war, etc.
Fact or opinion: The colonists should have never separated from Great Britain.
opinion
This word means "to sign something ( a bill, contract, etc.) and make it official."
ratify
This document gave us an official separation from Great Britain and listed the grievances the colonists had with the King of Britain.
Declaration of Independence
True or false: The Colonist's attempts to persuade Native Americans to follow their religion led to conflict between the two groups.
true
40% of the Native American population died during King Philip's war in the 1700s. Is this a cause or an effect of the war?
effect
Fact or opinion: The Puritans came to the Americas because they didn't like the Church of England.
Fact
This word means to move from one place to another in large numbers.
This branch of government oversees the military and can nominate Supreme Court Justices.
Executive
What is one reason some colonists wanted to be loyalists (not separate from Great Britain?)
fear of the unknown, fear that they would lose the war, felt grateful toward GB, had family there, instability of starting a new government, etc.
The children who accused women of witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials rarely got to play or have fun. Is this a cause or an effect of the Salem Witch Trials?
cause
Fact or opinion: The British fired the first shot in the Boston Massacre.
fact
This word means to be very one-sided in your opinions.
Biased
This branch of government can decide if laws violate the Constitution.
Why was the Bill of Rights was added to the constitution?
to provide individual freedoms and limit government control
Colonists were being taxed in ways that they felt were unfair by Great Britain. Was this a cause or an effect of the Boston Tea party in which they dumped British Tea into the ocean?
cause
Fact or opinion: The Native Americans were treated unfairly by the Colonists.
Opinion
This word describes a person who lived in the United States before it was officially "The United States."
Colonist
The legislative branch writes laws. What are the two parts of this legislative branch?
House of Representatives and Senate
Name two cases in which free speech (as given in the first amendment) is limited, or not allowed.
fraud, to incite harm or violence, to intentionally slander someone
Slavery was not made illegal in the Constitution. Was this a cause or an effect of the Southern States insisting that slavery be kept in the Constitution?
Effect
The Founding Fathers were selfish in their reasons for wanting to form a new country.
opinion
This word means there is a lack of something (food, water, jobs, etc.)
scarcity