Enlightenment
Basics of Government
Influential Documents
The Constitution & Constitutional Convention
The Bill of Rights
100

This man created the idea of the Social Contract

Who is Jean-Jacques Rousseau?

100

A state that is united usually connected through ancestry, history, culture, or language

What is a nation-state?

100

This document promised life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness 

What is the Declaration of Independence?

100

This set of documents were written to establish the ideas of the Constitution

What are the Federalist Papers?

100

Protects freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly, and protest

What is the 1st Amendment?

200
Argued for the separation of powers

Who is the Baron de Montesquieu?

200

This group writes the laws of the country

What is the legislative branch?

200

The first document that establish self-government in North America

What is the Mayflower Compact?

200

This plan called for a unicameral legislative branch

What is the New Jersey Plan?

200

This Amendment guarantees the right to bear arms

What is the 2nd Amendment?

300

Created the idea of modern economics, particularly capitalism

Who is Adam Smith?

300

These four things help the government organize society

What are "maintain social order, provide public services, provide national security, and make economic decisions?"

300

The first instance of established rights for citizens of a nation

What is the English Bill of Rights?

300

This was the end result on the debate on how to count enslaved individuals?

What is the 3/5th Compromise?

300

Establishes that the states have power over laws when the powers are not specifically defined in the Constitution

What is the 10th Amendment?

400

This person argued and fought for freedom of speech in their writings

Who is Voltaire?

400

The definition of government

What is a governing body of a nation, state, or community?

400

This document provided the idea for the separation of powers

What is the The Spirit of Laws?

400

This plan established a bicameral legislature, with proportional representation in the House and equal representation in the Senate

What is the Great Compromise?

400

This amendment guarantees the due process of law, as well as immunity from double jeopardy

What is the 5th Amendment?

500

This person advocated for the education of women and advancement of their place in society

Who is Mary Wollstonecraft?

500

A state must have these four things

What is population, territory, government, and sovereignty?

500

This is the first document to limit the power of the government

What is the Magna Carta?
500

DAILY DOUBLE:

The number of delegates who were invited, and the number that attended the Constitutional Convention

What are 74 delegates and 55 delegates?

500
This amendment requires law enforcement to have a warrant to search your property

What is the 4th Amendment?