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Wake Up!
I do declare!
Old Peeps
Faded Documents
Con Me
100
A religious revival that swept through the American colonies.
What is the Great Awakening?
100
He was the main writer of the Declaration of Independence.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
100
He was the writer of the Declaration of Independence.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
100
This document listed grievances to the King AND its purpose was to state that the colonists were breaking free from England.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
100
The U.S. Constitution divides the government into how many branches?
What is 3?
200
Where more people starting going because of the Great Awakening.
What is church?
200
These are peoples' individual rights, as stated in the Declaration of Independence.
What are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
200
The American colonists wrote the Declaration of Independence to this man.
Who was the King of England?
200
This was the United State's first government.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
200
This was the year the Constitution was ratified.
When was 1789?
300
The Great Awakening opened many colonists' minds to this idea.
What is independence?
300
This another word for "complaints." They were listed in the Declaration of Independence to the King.
What are grievances?
300
Thomas Jefferson used this man's ideas about natural rights within the Declaration of Independence.
Who was John Locke?
300
This replaced the Articles of Confederation, and still is the United State's government.
What is the U.S. Constitution?
300
The Constitution was ratified only after these Amendments were added.
What is the Bill of Rights?
400
This is the time period of the Great Awakening.
What is the 1730s and 1740s?
400
The Declaration of Independence says that these must be protected.
What are unalienable rights?
400
This was Great Britain's government. It has two chambers, while the U.S. government has two houses.
What was the English Parliament?
400
This was the main problem with the Articles of Confederation.
What is: It gave too much power to the states?
400
The Constitution balanced power between these. Before, the majority of the power was given to the states.
What are the states and the federal government?
500
During the Great Awakening, people began to think more about this.
What is morality?
500
According to the Declaration of Independence, this is the government's job. If it doesn't happen, the government should be changed or removed.
What is: to protect individual rights?
500
Americans borrowed these peoples' ideas about democracy, for the Constitution.
Who were the ancient Greeks?
500
These first 10 Amendments to the Constitution added protection of peoples' individual rights.
What is the Bill of Rights?
500
He is known as the Father of the Constitution.
Who was James Madison?