Constitution
The first 3 words of the Preamble.
What are "We the people"?
The term for changing the constitution.
What is amendment?
Prior to the Revolution, these acts placed taxes on glass, paint, paper, and tea imported from England.
What are the Townshend Acts?
Animal in the sea that sleeps with one eye open.
What is a dolphin?
Man's greatest flaw.
What is Greed?
Term length and minimum age for a House of Rep.
What are 2 years and 25 years old?
The two sets of inferior federal courts.
What are the district courts and appellate courts?
The Amendment that states that punishments must be proportionate to the crimes.
What is the 8th Amendment?
President who served the shortest time in office (31 days)
Who was William Harrison?
All men with power want this...
What is more power?
The term for determining whether actions by the legislative or executive branch violate the constitution.
What is Judicial Review?
The term for "departments" in the Executive branch.
What is cabinet?
The Puritan who was frustrated with Massachusetts and founded his own colony on fertile lands
who is Thomas Hooker?
The smallest country (by size) in the world.
What is Vatican City?
The name of Mr. Thomsen's wife
What is Heather?
The term for a system that shares power between national and state governments.
What is Federalism?
The authority of the government comes from the people.
what is Popular Sovereignty?
Leader of the British Army at the Battle of Yorktown?
Who was Charles Cornwallis?
The most consumed and most caught fish in the world.
What is Tuna?
The name the "little birdies" in the thought box sign of with
What is the "nest"
5 powers that the congress has.
What are: decide how to spend tax money, raise an army/navy, declare war, pay debts, grant citizenship?
5 powers of the President.
What are: make treaties, nominate ambassadors, nominate supreme court justices, grant pardons, veto.
Leader of the Continental Army during the Battle of Bunker Hill.
Who was Israel Putnam?
He won the most Grammy awards in 2022 (5)
Who is Jon Batiste?
Mr. Thomsen's age...
What is 47?