Declaration of Independence
The document was delivered on this date.
July 4, 1776
The beginning statement
Preamble
The country where he was born.
Italy
The first constitution of the United States
Articles of confederaton
This patriot shouted "The British are coming"
Paul Revere
The author of the document?
Thomas Jefferson
a change to the document
Amendment
A patron who funded the voyage
Queen Isabella (and King Ferdinand), or, Spain
The First Ten Amendments to the Constitution
The Bill of Rights
This march on the state capital by angry farmers lead to a new constitution.
Shay's Rebellion
The truth that is evident
All men are created equal
Also known as checks and balances
three branches
The names of his three small ships.
The Nina, The Pinta, and the Santa Maria
This movement of ideas lead to both the French AND American Revolutions
The Enlightenment.
This famous battle took place along the route to the armory, at the old northbridge.
Lexington and Concord.
Endowed by the creator
unalienable rights
the sharing of power between the states and the national government
Federalism
A food that was seen as a treasure.
potato, or, corn
It is finished when all 13 states approve and sign it.
Ratification of the Constitution
This African American was the first to die in the Revolutionary War
Crixpix Attucks
the privileges that are listed
Life, Liberty, and pursuit of happiness
Bi-Cameral system
2 houses, or House and the Senate, upper and lower house, equality and population.
The country that taught him to sail.
Portugal
It stated that there must be 50,000 people to petition for statehood
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787
If adopted into the Constitution, the slave states would join.
3/5th clause