STAAR SS 1-29

What document was written and ratified in 1787?

• Declaration of Independence
• Constitution
• Mayflower Compact
• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

What battle was the turning point in the American Revolution? It convinced the French to join us.

• Yorktown
• Saratoga
• Lexington
• Antietam

What is the type of economy called in which the colony exists to make money for the mother country?

• Free Enterprise
• Mercantilism
• Socialism
• None

A _______________ government is a system of government where people elect representatives. 

• Representative Government
• Monarchy
• Dictatorship
• None

Which branch is not one of the three branches in the federal government?

• Legislative
• Representative
• Executive
• Judicial

________________ is a principle of the constitution in which the three branches have power to balance each other out so no branch gets too powerful.

• Separation of Powers
• Checks and Balances
• Republicanism
• Limited Government

To ______________ something means to change it. (Think Constitution)

• Institutionalize
• Amend
• Unreform
• Saturate

Life, liberty and pursuit of happiness are rights that people are born with. These are called ___________ rights.

• Unalienable
• Normal
• Given
• Constitutional

___________- to approve by vote.

• Void
• Nullify
• Ratify
• Justify

_____________ were supporters of the Constitution who favored a strong national government.

• Anti-Federalists
• Federalists
• Monarchists
• Loyalists