Founding Fathers

Which founding father wrote most of The Constitution and its amendments, known as the Bill of Rights?

• James Madison
• Thomas Jefferson
• George Washington
• Abraham Lincoln

Which document states that all people have the rights to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness?

• Declaration of Independance

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

• Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom

• The Mayflower Compact

Who earned the title Father of Our Country?

• James Madison
• George Washington
• Thomas Jefferson
• George Mason

Who was the primary writer of the Declaration of Independence?

• Thomas Jefferson
• Benjamin Franklin
• George Washington

I wrote Common Sense.

• John Adams
• Alexander Hamilton
• Patrick Henry
• Thomas Jefferson

True or False:  All three are founding fathers?

• True
• False

Why did the Founding Fathers separate the power to make, enforce, and interpret laws between different branches of government?

• to prevent one branch of government from becoming to powerful
• to make the national government more efficient
• to increase the power of the presidency
• to ensure that Congress would act according to the will of the people

Which Enlightenment thinker argued that all people were born equal and had natural rights to life, liberty, and property?

• Thomas Paine
• Baron de Montesquieu
• Thomas Hobbes
• John Locke

What are natural rights?

• agreements among people relating to their government
• freedoms people possess such as life, liberty and property
• ideas about freedoms that were first discussed in the American colonies
• rights reserved only for kings and queens

What did many American colonists use Thomas Paine's Common Sense to justify?

• Acts of sabotage against British merchants
• Declaring independence from Britain
• Joining the army instead of the militia
• Supporting the British monarchy