English Documents
Only about 20% of the population were citizens.
Ancient Athens
The Gunpowder Plot was what?
failed assassination attempt on James I
Who believed people were naturally wicked
Thomas Hobbes
primary
The first words of the Constitution indicate that power and authority in our system of government come from the
people
Citizens wore a toga.
Ancient Greece
Who signed the Petition of Right and was assassinated for treason
Charles I
Montesquieu wrote about the importance of...
separation of power or checks and balances
When did Congress formally adopt the final text of the Declaration?
July 4th 1776
Over time, constitutional amendments have extended which right to the groups listed below?
African Americans - Women - Residents of the District of Columbia - 18-year-olds
The right to vote in elections
What was the first English document signed by King John
Magna Carta
Who had 12 kids with women that were not his wife
James II
John Locke
John Hancock
54. When is the last day you can send in federal income tax forms?
Name one reason the barons were upset with King John
raised taxes
losing wars with France
rude & unpredictable
Who is the Merry Monarch
Charles II
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
What is considered the introduction to the Declaration of Independence
Preamble
66. When was the Constitution written?*
1787
Who was the brave king before King John
King Richard the Lionheart
Who was married to William
Mary
What did Mary Shelley write?
Frankenstein
How many delegates signed the Declaration of Independence.
56
Woodrow Wilson