US Constitution, Declaration of Independence, and Bill of Rights

Put these important US documents in order as they were written in history

• Bill of Rights, Declaration of Independence, Constitution

• Constitution, Bill of Rights, Dec. of Independence

• Dec of Independence, Bill of Rights, Constitution

• Dec of Independence, Constitution, Bill of Rights

Which document are the first 10 changes to the constitution?

• Declaration of Independence

• Stamp Act

• Bill of Rights

• judicial

Why was the Constitution written?

• to declare freedom

• it was a set of laws

• to punish the colonies

• to not pay taxes

Who was the first man to sign the Declaration of Independence?

• Thomas Jefferson

• The King

• George Washington

• John Hancock

What was included in the Declaration of Indpendence?

• Reasons why the Native Americans should move

• A list of the 3 Branches of government

• The Bill of Rights

• Reasons why the colonies should be free from the king

Who wrote the Declaration of Indepedence?

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• John Adams

• George Washington Carver

What happened at the Constitutional Convention?

• The Constitution was written.

• The Constitution was ratified.

• The Magna Carta was signed.

• The Declaration of Independence was written.

When was the US Constitution written?

• 1776

• 1787

• 1812

• 1865

What does the Constitution do?

• sets up and defines the government

• draws boundaries of congressional districts

• sets codes of conduct for oberying local and federal laws

• determines whether citizens are prosecuted to the full extent of the law

The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words?

• We the United

• We the People

• We the Citizens

• We the Americans