People, Places, and Things
This author of the Declaration of Independence was also our 3rd President
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The idea that a person is born a citizen because their parents are citizens
What is Law of Blood?
This act was a tax on all printed and paper goods
What is the Stamp Act?
The 3 branches of the United States
What are the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial branches?
The the first 10 amendments to the Constitution
What is the Bill of Rights?
The level of government responsible for maintaining city parks, school districts, and city roads
What is local government?
The idea that a person is a citizen because they were physically born in America
What is Law of Soil?
This act of protest led directly to the implementation of the Intolerable Acts
What was the Boston Tea Party?
When a person convicted of a crimes asks a higher court to review their case
What is an appeal?
The idea that no person is above the law
This author drafted the Pamphlet "Common Sense"
For a bonus 100 points identify the government principle colonists got from "Common Sense"
Who is Thomas Payne?
What is Representative Self-government?
Something a citizen should do but does not face a penalty if they do not
What is a Responsibility?
What act inspired the writing of the 3rd Amendment of the Constitution
What is the Quartering Act?
When the presidents rejects a bill from Congress
What is a veto?
The process of becoming a citizen of the United States later in life
What is naturalization?
This document is recognized as America's first, but failed government
What are the Articles of Confederation?
Something a citizen must do in accordance with the law
What is an obligation?
The unofficial slogan of the colonists (represented one of the main grievances of the revolution)
What is "no taxation without representation"?
The system used to elect the president of the U.S. (only)
What is the Electoral College?
A member of the U.S. Supreme Court
What is a Justice?
The leader if the House of Representatives
Who is the Speaker of the House?
The Amendment of the Constitution that define citizenship
What is the 14th Amendment?
The rebellion that helped expose the weakness of the Articles of Confederation
What is Shay's Rebellion?
When the presidents appoints and congress conforms a new member of the U.S. Supreme Court this is a demonstration of what
What is Checks and Balances?
Prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another
What is bias?