Unit 3 Topic 1 Making The Constitutution

What is a monarchy?

• A government with presidents

• A place to have tea

• A government with only one ruler

• A group of people who like crowns

What is a democracy?

• A government who picks a queen

• A government ruled by the people.

• A place you get to with ships

• A government that helps Indians

Why is the American Revolution important to the United States?

• It is a time to shoot fireworks.

• The colonies could have Thanksgiving.

• The Americans like fighting in wars.

• The colonies broke away from England.

Give one reason it was important for the colonies to break away.

How is life different today than during the American Revolution?

• Americans have freedom to make their own rules and laws.

• Americans ride horses to speak to the President.

• Every country has a king to make laws.

• Only some Americans have the right to freedom.

How did George Washington and the Founding Fathers help create the United States of America? Choose two correct answers.

• He was a farmer.

• He ended slavery.

• He led the colonies in a war against the British.

• He fought for Great Britain.

• He became the first president.

Why is President's Day so important?

• to help Americans make a new country

• to honor the Queen of England

• to help people remember Martin Luther King Jr.

• to celebrate the men that worked to build a new nation

Why is the symbol Uncle Sam important?

• reminds people to vote

• reminds people to read

• reminds people to serve their country

• remind people to laugh

Why is Martha Washington important to the United States?

• She wrote a book of poems

• She was a wife and advisor to George Washington

• She was the first queen of England

• She saved famous paintings from the White House fire

What did this document, "The Declaration of Independence", tell Great Britain?