Old Glory
The 13 stripes on our flag represent this:
What are the 13 original colonies?
While the local unit of government in New England were town meetings, the southern colonies had to be represented by what?
By county.
The authority of civil government comes from who?
God
This man was the first black American to achieve the rank of a four-star general.
Who was Daniel "Chappie" James?
Found in Genesis 9, this was the first civil ordinance.
What was capital punishment (death penalty)?
This bird became our national bird, even though Ben Franklin wanted it to be a turkey.
What is the American Bald Eagle?
A legislature composed of two houses is called:
Bicameral.
Another name for the 10 commandments.
What is the Decalogue?
This man wrote the Commentaries on the Laws of England.
Who was William Blackstone?
This text was the greatest influence on the formation of English law.
What was the Bible?
The 50 stars on our flag represents these:
What are the 50 states?
In the legislature in America, the lower house controlled this:
What are the purse strings (Finances)?
The idea that work is a gift from God is called the ________________ work ethic.
Puritan (Or protestant).
This person was the world's most outstanding constitutional monarch.
Who was Queen Victoria?
This word means, "to rule by many".
What is Democracy?
This person wrote the Pledge of Allegiance.
Who was Frances Bellamy?
This house of assembly was the first one in the American Colonies:
The House of Burgesses.
This document placed the English King under the law of the land.
What is the Magna Carta?
This man formed the basic ideas of communism.
Who was Karl Marx?
This type of law is a non-codified form of law based on traditions and customs.
What is the Common Law?
Francis Scott Key wrote this song after seeing the attacks on Fort McHenry.
What is the Star-Spangled Banner (National Anthem)?
This document heavily limited the power of English Monarchs in 1689. (Not the Magna Carta).
What was the English Bill of Rights?
This document was forged by the Pilgrims to form a "Civil body politic".
What was the Mayflower Compact?
This man put the ideas of communism into practice.
Who was Vladmir Lenin?
A love for one's country and a loyalty to that country is known as this:
What is Patriotism?