Indigenous Peoples
What term describes the first people to live in the Americas?
Indigenous
What is it called when a president rejects a bill?
Veto
What was America’s first government called?
Articles of Confederation
What country did the colonies fight against?
Britain
What document is the supreme law of the United States?
Constitution
What animal was most important to many Plains tribes?
Buffalo
What is the highest court in the United States?
SupremeCourt
Under the Articles, who had most of the power?
States
What slogan protested unfair taxes?
TaxationWithoutRepresentation
What are the first ten amendments called?
BillOfRights
What crop was commonly grown by tribes in North America?
Three sisters: corn, beans and squash
What system prevents one branch from becoming too powerful?
ChecksAndBalances
What rebellion exposed weaknesses in the Articles?
Shays
What famous protest involved tea being dumped into a harbor?
BostonTeaParty
Freedom of speech
Right to bear arms
Right to a speedy trial
1,2,6 amendments
What term means moving from place to place?
Nomadic
What is the leader of the executive branch called?
President
What gathering was held to fix government problems?
Constitutional Convention
What winter camp became a symbol of perseverance?
ValleyForge
What principle divides power between branches?
SeparationOfPowers
What disease greatly harmed Native Americans after European arrival?
Smallpox
Which branch makes laws?
Which branch enforces laws?
Which branch interprets laws?
Legislative
Executive
Judicial
Explain three weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
Taxation, Federal government power, Weak army, no national court, hard to pass laws 9/13, Debt hard to pay,
What battle convinced France to help America?
Saratoga
“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”