Timeline
Branches of Government
Documents
Bill of Rights
Miscellaneous
100
This was signed on July 4, 1776
What is The Declaration of Independence?
100
The 3 branches of government
What is Executive, Legislative and Judicial?
100
This document established three branches of government and outlines responsibilities and rights of the federal government
What is The US Constiution?
100
What three freedoms are listed in the 1st amendment?
What is Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Press and Freedom of Religion?
100
He wrote the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
200
This is the year the Mayflower Compact was written and signed
What is 1620?
200
This branch can make laws
What is the Legislative Branch?
200
This document specifies freedoms that cannot be taken away by the government
What is Bill of Rights?
200
This amendment provides the right to bear arms.
What is the 2nd amendment?
200
This document failed because the state had too much power and the federal government was too weak
What is The Articles of Confederation?
300
The Articles of Confederation were signed this year
What is 1781
300
This branch can interpret laws
What is the Judicial Branch?
300
This document is considered the basis of American Government because it established self-government for an early British colony
What is The Mayflower Compact?
300
Thomas Jefferson fought to have a bill of rights for this reason
What is he believed the states and the individuals needed rights and the federal government should not have all the power?
300
This branch can veto a law or bill
What is the Executive branch (the President)?
400
This document was ratified in in 1781
What is The United States Constitution?
400
This branch can carry out laws
What is the Executive Branch?
400
This was written during the Revolutionary war to separate from British rule
What is The Declaration of Independence?
400
The bill of rights has this many amendments
What is ten?
400
The Revolutionary War ended in this year
What is 1783?
500
The Bill of Rights was ratified in this year
What is 1791?
500
This branch is headed up by Congress
What is the Legislative Branch?
500
This document gave colonies a sense of a unified government during the Revolutionary War
What is The Articles of Confederation
500
This amendment says that no one can come in and search your house without a search warrant
What is the fourth amendment?
500
The legislative branch has what two divisions
What is House of Representatives and the Senate?
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