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100
This amendment protects you from unwarranted search and seizure.
What is the fourth amendment?
100
This article of the Constitution talks about Congress.
What is Article 1?
100
This man was the leader of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.
Who is General George Washington?
100
This president issued a Neutrality Proclamation to prevent the United States from getting involved in war with Great Britain and France.
Who is George Washington?
100
This colony was founded as a debtor's colony.
What is Georgia?
200
This amendment prevents cruel and unusual punishment and excessive bail.
What is the eighth amendment?
200
This is the sharing of power among national, state, and local governments.
What is federalism?
200
This document was written by the Second Continental Congress in 1776 to state that the United States was breaking away from Great Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
200
This president supported increased the size of the American army and navy because he saw that America was slowly getting pulled into the quarrel between France and Britain.
Who is John Adams?
200
This colony had a large Quaker population because of its founder, William Penn.
What is Pennsylvania?
300
This amendment says that in cases of common law, where people are arguing about more $20 or more, they have the right to a jury trial.
What is the seventh amendment?
300
The Founding Fathers created the a government with this - meant to limit the powers of each branch of government.
What is checks and balances?
300
This battle ended the Revolutionary War.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
300
In his farewell address, President Washington warned the American people to beware of these two things.
What are political parties and getting involved in foreign affairs?
300
This colony was founded as a haven for persecuted Catholics.
What is Maryland?
400
This amendment promotes federalism by stating that powers not given to the national government go to the states and to the people.
What is the 10th amendment?
400
The legislative branch is made up of Congress, which consists of these two groups.
What are the Senate and the House of Representatives?
400
This tax, put out by the British, taxed American paper goods, like newspapers and legal documents.
What is the Stamp Act?
400
This president purchased the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
400
This colony was founded after its leader, Roger Williams, was kicked out of the Massachusetts Bay Colony due to his "rebellious" religious beliefs.
What is Rhode Island?
500
This amendment states that just because a right is not listed in the Constitution does not mean the people do not have that right.
What is the ninth amendment?
500
The first three articles in the Constitution deal with the three branches of government. What are they?
The legislative branch, the executive branch, and the judicial branch
500
The reason Great Britain passed so many unfair tax laws on the colonists was because of their need to repay debts from this war, fought on American soil.
What is the French and Indian War?
500

These acts, promoted by John Adams, trampled on Americans' first amendment rights by making it illegal to say or write anything against the government and by deporting anyone the government considered to be a traitor.

What are the Alien and Sedition Acts?
500
This was the first permanent European colony in the present-day United States.
What is Jamestown, Virginia?