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Declaration of Independence
United States Constitution
Road to Independence
100
Citizens could not be made to quarter (provide houses or rooms) for government soldiers.
What is the third amendment?
100
This amendment gave women the right to vote after an intensive Women's Suffrage (voting) movement.
What is the 19th amendment?
100
Three of the five men picked to write the Declaration, which was a letter to George III stating why the American colonies should be free.
Who were Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Robert Livingston, and Roger Sherman? (Name any three.)
100
Location of the Constitutional convention in 1787. (Building, city, and state)
What is Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania?
100
The Treaty of Paris ended what war and left the British in huge debt.
What is the French and Indian War or the Seven Year War?
200
This amendment gave citizens the right to bear arms to protect themselves.
What is the 2nd amendment?
200
This amendment gave all men over the age of 18 the right to vote. Women were not given the right to vote here.
What is 15th amendment?
200
All men are equal, have the right to pursue life, liberty, and happiness. This is endowed by the Creator. This part of the Declaration is called.
What is the preamble?
200
The first state to ratify (agree to sign) the constitution on December 7. 1787.
What is the tiny state of Delaware?
200
This British document forbid the colonists to settle on land west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Proclamation of 1783?
300
Freedom of speech and freedom of the press (newspapers, magazines), religious freedom, and the right to assemble were granted.
What is the first amendment?
300
This amendment made slavery illegal in ALL states. It abolished slavery.
What is 13th amendment?
300
These are two future presidents who signed the Declaration of Independence.
Who are John Adams and Thomas Jefferson?
300
Article one speaks mainly about this branch of government.
What is the legislative branch (Congress)?
300
This allowed British military officers to enter colonists' homes or businesses to search for smuggled goods.
What are the writs of assistance (Search Warrants)?
400
The first ten amendments to the constitution is called this.
What is the Bill of Rights?
400
What is prohibition, which was placed in effect in the 18th amendment?
What is forbidding the sale of alcohol in the United States?
400
Signed by 56 people, Edward Rutledge, 26, was youngest and this man was the oldest.
Who was inventor Ben Franklin, 70 years of age?
400
Article 3 speaks mainly about the branch that the Supreme Court heads. This is....
What is the judicial branch?
400
This Massachusetts lawyer, in a protest, raised the issue of "No taxation without representation."
Who was James Otis?
500
This amendment gives citizens the right to have a trial by jury.
What is 7th Amendment?
500
This amendment ended prohibition in the states?
What is 21st amendment?
500
Besides complaining about taxes and quartering of soldiers, the American colonists were upset about these things. (Name one.)
What are the fact that the colonists had NO local juries and they could not make their own laws?
500
The United States Constitution replaced this weak American document, which had the central government passing laws that they states did not have to follow. This document also allowed states to print their own money.
What is Articles of Confederation?
500
Leader of the Sons of Liberty, who planned protests in Boston. His cousin later became President, but he never did.
Who was Sam Adams?