Unit 1: Founding Period Review

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Bill of Rights

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The first 10 amendments to the Constitution that protect the rights and freedoms of American citizens.

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Unalienable Rights,
Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness

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The Declaration of Independence

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Why is July 4, 1776 an important date in U.S. history?

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The Declaration of Independence is signed.

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-Idea that absolute power rests with the people (people rule)

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Popular Sovereignty

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Which Founding Document is our written set of rules for America? "Law of the Land"

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Constitution

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The Supreme Court and they review or read the laws

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Judicial Branch

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The President and the Vice President. They negotiate with other countries

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Executive Branch

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They create the laws congress, house of representatives, the senate

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Legislative Branch

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Gave us our government. Keeps the three branches equal

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The Constitution

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Which excerpt from the Declaration of Independence describes the Enlightenment idea of natural rights? Options: " . . . . all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with . . . Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."; "He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people."; "We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations . . ."; "We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations . . ."

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" . . . . all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with . . . Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."