Declaration of Independence
Writer of the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
1787
In what year was the Constitution written?
Word that means plentiful, more than enough
What is "abundant"?
The name of the punctuation used to separate ideas in a sentence
What is a comma?
The Empire State
What is New York?
Date we celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence
What is July 4th?
The Preamble
What is the short statement that provides the purpose of the Constitution called?
Word that means form a judgement or opinion about; guess.
What is "estimate"?
The name of the punctuation we use after a question
What is a question mark?
The states that border New York to the south and east
What are New Jersey and Connecticut?
The number of colonies in 1776
What is 13?
Amendments
What are changes to the Constitution called?
Word that means prohibit or forbid
What is "ban"?
The name of the punctuation that we use around dialogue
What are quotation marks?
Three of the 13 colonies
NY, Conn, Del, Mass, Vermont, Georgia, Virginia, N. Car., S. Car., N. H., N.J., Penn., Maryland
Country from which we declared freedom
What is Great Britain?
27
What is the number of Amendments to the Constitution.
Word that means fit; set apart for some special use
What is appropriate?
The name of the punctuation that we use to form a contraction
What is an apostrophe?
The number of the states in the continental US
What is 48?
The document states that all men have the right to life, liberty, and __________
What is "the pursuit of happiness"?
The executive, legislative, and judicial
What are the three branches of our federal government?
Word that means come out; come up; come into view
What is "emerge"?
The name of the punctuation that we use to set off a word or words that explain a main idea in a sentence but that are not essential to the sentence.
What are parentheses? ( )
The two states that touch none of the others
What are Alaska and Hawaii?