Declaration of Independence
The three unalienable rights Jefferson lists in the Declaration
What are Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness?
The name of the only Branch of government in the Articles of Confederation
What is Congress (Legislative)?
The city and year the US Constitution was crafted
What is Philadelphia in 1787?
The number of amendments in the Bill of Rights
What are 10?
The Anti-Federalist who said "Give me Liberty or Give me Death"
Who is Patrick Henry?
The year the declaration was signed
What is 1776?
The state that DID NOT originally sign the Articles
What is Maryland?
The branches of government and corresponding articles within The US Constitution
What are the:
Legislative in Article 1,
Executive in Article 2,
& Judicial in Article 3?
True or False:
The Constitution would have been ratified without the Bill of Rights
False.
The rivers under control by the British after the Seven Years War
The audience of the Declaration of Independence
What is the "candid world?"
The amount of votes required to pass a law under the Articles of Confederation?
What are nine votes?
The name, makeup, and algorithms for representation set for the Legislative branch of gov't under the US Constitution
What is Congress, made up of the House of Representatives and Senate, obtaining two seats in Senate for each state and one House seat per 30,000 citizens?
The papers that argued over the ratification and pro/cons of the US Constitution that gave birth to the Bill of Rights
What are the Federalist & Anti-Federalist papers?
The "bookends" that gave birth to the sons of Liberty
What are the Stamp Act and the Boston Tea Party?
The reason that the British Colonies have a Right & Duty to throw off the government stated in the Declaration of Independence
What is "a long train of abuses pursuing invariably the same Object (end)?"
What the States severally entered into in the Articles of Confederation
What is a "league of friendship?"
The way a bill can become a law without the Presidents vote
What are a two-thirds vote from both the House and Senate?
At least three of the ten amendments
Amendment 1: Freedom of Speech, Press & Assemble
Amendment 2: Right to bear arms
Amendment 3: No quartering of soldiers
Amendment 4: Warrant for search and arrest
Amendment 5: Rights in criminal cases to be silent
Amendment 6: Right to a fair trial
Amendment 7: Rights in civil cases
Amendment 8: Bail, fines, punishment
Amendment 9: Rights retained by the People
Amendment 10: States' rights
What were the "Coercive Act (British)" and the "Intolerable Acts" (American Colonists)?
The things the independent states pledged at the end of the Declaration
What are their Lives, Fortunes, and sacred Honor?
What are sovereignty, freedom, independence, and every power not delegated?
The amount of electoral votes South Carolina currently has
What are 9 votes?
(7 Reps & 2 Senate)
The name and amount of years a president served that brought about Amendment XXII in 1951 which stated, "no president shall be elected to office more than twice."
Who is Franklin Roosevelt who served for 16 years?
The year the Revolutionary War began and ended
What are 1775 and 1783?