Constitution
Proposed Law
What is a bill?
Another word for corn, the tall-growing grain that produces yellow kernels on long ears
What is maize?
Boat that the Pilgrims arrived on
What is the Mayflower?
Year that the Declaration of Independence was signed
What is 1776?
Act passed by the British that allowed British troops to live in the homes of the colonists
What is the Quartering Act?
Job of the Legislative Branch
What is make laws?
A gathering where Native American dancing, singing, and celebration takes place
What is a powwow?
English colony founded by the Pilgrims
What is Plymouth?
Statement explaining why the colonies wanted independence from Britain
What is Declaration of Independence?
Place where Christopher Columbus was born
What is Italy?
The House of Representatives and the Senate together are called
What is Congress?
Latin American Empire was located in what now is Chile in the Andes Mountains
What is Inca Empire?
Known for being a liaison between the Native American population in Southern New England and the Pilgrims
Who is Squanto?
Name for the American colonists who were determined to fight the British until American independence was won
Who are Patriots?
Explorer that actually realized that he had found a new land and it was then called America
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
Number of articles in the Constitution
What is a seven?
Country that the Renaissance began in
What is Italy?
First permanent English settlement in America
What is Jamestown?
Agreement signed by British and American leaders that stated the United States of America was a free and independent country
What is the Treaty of Paris?
Head of the Judicial Branch
What is the Supreme Court
Congress can override a presidential veto by a vote of
What is two-thirds vote in both houses?
Often referred to as "The Renaissance man"
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
Native American woman belonging to the Powhatan people, notable for her association with colonial Jamestown
Who is Pocahontas?
Person that is famous for the quote, "Give me liberty or give me death"
Who is Patrick Henry?
Forced migration of millions of captured and enslaved people from Africa to the Americas
What is the Transatlantic Slave Trade?