Foundations of Government and Law - Week 11 Study Guide

Choose the term that best completes the sentence. _____ wrote the Declaration of Independence.

• George Washington

• John Hancock

• Richard Henry Lee

• Thomas Jefferson

Affirmation is the process of changing the Constitution.

• True

• False

Match each document with its purpose.

• Organizes the government

• Bill of Rights

• Protects individual rights

• Declaration of Independence

• Sets up the government

• Constitution

The Senate and the House of Representatives are part of which branch of the government?

• legislative

• municipal

• judicial

• executive

Which document defines the branches of government?

• the Constitution

• the Declaration of Independence

• the Bill of Rights

• the Olive Branch Petition

The Second Continental Congress decided to declare independence from England because:

• they wanted to be free from British rule and establish their own government.

• they wanted to form an alliance with France against Spain.

• they wished to expand British colonial power in America.

• they wanted to increase trade with England.

What are the branches of the government? Select all that apply.

• executive

• judicial

• municipal

• legislative

All proposed amendments to the Constitution have been passed.

• True

• False