Who Am I?
I was the first Vice President and later the second President of the United States.
Who is John Adams?
This Branch, made up of the President, is responsible for enforcing the laws.
What is the Executive Branch?
This city served as the very first capital of the United States.
What is New York City?
This is the name for the first ten amendments that were added to the Constitution.
What are the bill of rights?
I was unanimously chosen to be the very first President.
Who is George Washington?
This Branch, made up of the House and Senate, is responsible for making the laws.
What is the legislative branch?
This famous document was written in Philadelphia in 1787.
What is the United States Constitution?
This is the freedom that allows citizens to criticize the government without being arrested.
What is the freedom of speech?
As the first Secretary of the Treasury, my job was to create a plan to pay off the massive war debt.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
This Branch, made up of the Supreme Court, is responsible for interpreting the laws.
What is the judicial branch?
This new area, a swampy piece of land between Virginia and Maryland, was chosen as the permanent capital.
What is Washington D.C.?
This is the reason many people (Anti-Federalists) demanded the Bill of Rights be added.
What is the fear of a powerful central government could infringe upon individual liberties?
I am the person who argued that the U.S. should have a "Bill of Rights" added to the Constitution to protect personal freedoms.
Who are the anti-federalists?
This is the method the Constitution uses to elect the President, where people vote for a group of state representatives instead of directly for the candidate.
This territory was a new state admitted to the Union during Washington's time, showing the country was growing west. (Accept Kentucky or Vermont)
What are Kentucky or Vermont?
This document, signed in 1783, officially recognized the United States as an independent country.
What is the Treaty of Paris?