Chapter 2: New Constitution for the states

Americans set out to make a new constitution for their states?

• True

• False

A constitution is ____________________

• A plan for the states

• is an overall plan for government

A constitution declares what powers the government will have and will not

• true

• false

You can not make changes to the Constitution

• True

• False

select all that apply the government could not:

• Search your home without good reason

• Keep a person in jail without a trial

• Take away rights

• Make laws

The American gained freedom from Italy

• True

• False

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence ?

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• James Madison

Who did they want to make sure had the power in the government the Americans were creating?

• The King

• The president

• The people

In every country people have freedom of speech

• True

• False

Why was the constitution a revolutionary idea?

• It was something that was never done before. They never had a government were ordinary people debated and decided

• The king always made the rules

• Because the people could not vote on the rules