DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
What document was sent to the colonies by King George III?
Declaration of Independence
What are the three parts of the US Constitution?
Preamble, Articles, and Bill of Rights/Amendments
The people that came from England to the United States were known as __________
Colonists
What is one weakness of the Articles of Confederation?
No army, no power to tax, no power to mint money, no Supreme Court and no president
Judicial, Legislative, and Executive
What are the 3 Branches of Government?
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
What part is known as the introduction?
Preamble
a legally adopted change or addition to a law or body of laws
Amend
What amendment states that we have the right to bear arms?
2
This document is known as the single greatest US document
Declaration of Independence
What were the three main rights of the Declaration of Independence?
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
What lays out the three branches of government?
The Articles
The Constitution is often called the Supreme________ of the land
Law
What two amendments give us the right to a trial by jury?
6 and 7
What city was Declaration of Independence signed in?
Philadelphia
What country did the US become free from when the Declaration of Independence was written?
Great Britain
What freedoms does the 1st Amendment protect?
Speech, Religion, Assembly, Press and Petition
The authors of the US Constitution
Framers
The Declaration of Independence was signed and adopted on this date
July 4, 1776
What is the first three words of the Preamble?
WE THE PEOPLE
What are two items King George made the colonists pay taxes on?
Tea, Sugar, Stamps, Paper, Metals
The US Constitution replaced what document?
The Articles of Confederation
The first 10 amendments of the US Constitution
Bill of Rights
What year was the Constitution written?
1787
Which branch of government would the President and the Vice- President of the United States be included in?
EXECUTIVE BRANCH