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Countries believe they need government because of man's ____________ nature.
What is sinful.
During this war, the colonists used this to keep the Colonies united.
What is the Articles of Confederation.
This document replaced the Articles of Confederation.
What is the United States Constitution?
The president-elect takes this oath to become the president of the United States on this month and date.
What is Jan. 20?
This branch of the government writes laws.
What is the Legislative branch?
in 1 Timothy 2:1-2, we are told to pray these people.
Who are kings, leaders in high positions.
The colonist defeated this country in the American Revolution to gain their Independence.
Who is Great Britain (of the British)?
This U.S. Constitution was adopted in this year, shortly after the American Revolution.
This man is considered the "Father of the U.S. Constitution."
Who is James Madison?
This branch of the government makes sure laws are obeyed.
What is the Executive branch?
Abraham Lincoln may have paraphrased this verse from Mark 3:24 for his speech when he ran for the Senate against Stephen A. Douglas.
What is "If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand."
After the American Revolution, the colonists looked once again to this man who is remembered as "the first in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen." Oh, he is also the country's first president.
Who is George Washington?
He would have been a good choice but he was not the president of the Constitutional Convention.
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
The Constitution allows each state to have two Senators. There were 13 new states after the American Revolution so how many Senators would there have been?
What is 26?
This branch of the government makes sure that the laws follow the U.S. Constitution.
What is the Judicial branch?
Thomas Jefferson recognized God in this nation's founding when he declared: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, ..."
What is the Declaration of Independence.
George Washington was the first; his vice president became the second?
Who is John Adams?
These 10 amendments were approved after the U.S. Constitution and are commonly referred to as these.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This general surprised everyone when he surrendered to Gen. George Washington.
Who is Gen. Lord Charles Cornwallis?
The people elect representatives to these two chambers that make up the Legislative branch.
What are the House of Representatives and the Senate?
The first president of the new United States once said this: "It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible."
Who is George Washington.
The first time he ran for president he lost to John Adams. The second time he ran for president he won. (In case you're wondering who, he also wrote the Declaration of Independence.)
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Among the 13 states, this state was the first to approve the U.S. Constitution.
What is Delaware?
This was the last major battle of the American Revolution.
What is Yorktown?
This new form of government has the ___________
electing its representatives.
What are the people?