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No More Kings
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I Have Rights!
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What are our natural rights? 

Life, liberty and property. 

100

What does 'quartering' mean ?  (As in the quartering act) 

When you are forced to allow soldiers to stay in your house. 

100

How many branches of government are specified in the US Constitution? 

3

100

What Supreme Court case is known for the decision of "Separate but Equal"?  

Plessy v Ferguson 

100

How many amendments are in the Bill of Rights? 

10 

200

What Enlightenment philosopher gave us the idea of Natural Rights and Social Contract?

John Locke 

200

What Act did Parliament pass that placed a tax on all tea not imported by British East India Company? 

Tea Act 

200
The president is a part of which branch? 

Executive 

200

Which Supreme Court Case resulted in an individual being "read your rights" ? 

Miranda v. Arizona

200

Which amendment protects our right to assembly?

1st Amendment 

300

Which Enlightenment philosopher gave us the ideas of Separation of Powers and Checks and Balances?

Baron de Montesquieu

300

What Act was passed by Parliament that taxed all official papers? 

Stamp Act 

300

What are two major powers of the Legislative branch?

Declare war

Allocate money (power of the purse) 

Make laws

300

Which Supreme Court Case protected a student's right to free speech?

Tinker v Des Moines 

300

Which Amendment protects us against unreasonable search and seizure?

4th Amendment 

400

What is a social contract? 

When people give up some of their power to be protected by their government 

400

What pamphlet, written by Thomas Paine, fanned the flames of revolution and gave reasons for independence from the British?  

Common Sense 

400

How many justices are on the Supreme Court and how long is their term?

9.  They are appointed for life. 

400

Which Supreme Court case established judicial review? 

Marbury v Madison 

400

Which amendment guarantees the right to a jury trial in civil cases?

7th Amendment 

500

" Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it..."- which Enlightenment philosopher's ideas are echoed in this text? Which ideas ?

John Locke- Social Contract 
500
The Stamp Act, Townshend Acts and Tea Act were all taxes that the colonists did not agree to and they had no voice in Parliament to protest.  They called this __________________

Taxation without representation 

500
The fact that the president can veto a law passed by congress and the fact that congress can override a presidential veto with a 2/3 majority is an example of what?

Checks and balances

500

Which Supreme Court Case reversed the Plessy v Ferguson decision of "Separate but Equal" 

Brown v. Board of Education

500

Which Amendment protects us against self incrimination or testifying against ourself?

5th Amendment