Declaration of Independence or Constitution

What is the supreme law of the land?

• Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

• Bill of Rights

What does the Constitution do?

• Sets up the government

• Says we are free from England

• Changes the Declaration of Independence

What do we call the first ten amendments?

• Bill of Rights

• Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?

• Freedom of Speech

• Life and Liberty

• House of Representatives

Why did the colonists fight the British?

• High taxes

• Communism

• Capitalism

What did the Declaration of Independence do?

• Said we are free from England

• Said we will have a Bill of Rights

• Set up the government

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• The King of England

When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?

• July 4, 1776

• 1787

What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?

• Life and liberty

• Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Religion

• Senate and House of Representatives

When was the Constitution written?

• 1787

• July 4, 1776