Garantees Freedom of Religion

Garantees speedy trial

Right to Bear Arms

States that we are garanteed other rights not listed in the constitution

States that a person cannot be put on trial for the same crime twice

States that our homes and belongings are protected from unreasonable serch and seizure

States that courts cannot use cruel and unusual punishment

States that the government cannot force people to house and feed soldiers during times of peace

What does the word "bicameral" mean?

The head of the Executive Branch in a STATE is.....

What freedom is NOT guaranteed by the 1st amendment?

Who is in charge of declaring war?

What does it mean to impeach?

Jim is arrested for burglary on January 15th, 2011. The judge orders him to serve 2 years in jail. In 2013, he is released. He is arrested again (and put back in jail) for his burglary on January 15th, 2011. This is a violation of what amendment?

You come home from school one day to find your home searched randomly by police. You later find out they suspected you were hiding drugs, but they did not have a search warrant and they did not have “reasonable suspicion.” What amendment was violated?

Which amendment abolished slavery?

Which amendment gave women the right to vote?

Ruled by a royal family with total power, often a King or Queen

Ruled by the people through elected representatives

Without a leader or no government

Citizens elect representatives; a king or queen is given limited power by a constitution

Citizens participate in all decisions for the country; all people are members of the government

The document that created the first central government for the United States.

A plan proposed at the Constitutional Convention to create a unicameral legislature with equal representation of the states rather than representation by the population.

An agreement worked out at the Constitutional Convention establishing that a state’s population would determine representation in the lower house of the legislature, while each state would have equal representation in the upper house of the legislature

The first 10 amendments to the Constitution; ratified in 1791

an agreement worked out at the Constitutional Convention stating that only three-fifths of the slaves in a state would count when determining a state’s population for representation in the lower house of Congress

A series of essays that defended and explained the Constitution and tried to reassure Americans that the states would not be overpowered by the proposed national government

Ruled by religious law, where God or another divine being is the ultimate authority.

Ruled by a few; based on race, religion, military control or money.

The government is divided into how many branches?

What is the goal of having different branches of government?

Which one is NOT one of the three branches of government?

Which branch proposes bills to become laws?

Which branch can veto bills?

Which branch must approve the presidents nominees into government positions?

Which branch can impeach the president or Supreme Court judges?

Which President was NOT impeached?

True or False: Both sides of Congress play a crucial role in an impeachment.

Which section of government can formally impeach the President or Supreme Court justices?

Who is responsible to determine guilt or innocence in an impeachment trial?

Often called a Torie supported King George

Often called a Rebel, supported independence from King George III

This soldier was often young and under the age of the legal fighting age of 16.

George Washington was the greatest general to fight in the war for which side?

True or False: The Patriot army allowed enslaved people and freed African Americans to fight in the war.

This army was untrained and poorly equipped, often having no shoes.

Their experienced Navy allowed them to control the ports and transport supplies to their troops more effectively.

Where was the first official battle of the Revolutionary War, where it took the British 3 times to take over Breed's Hill?

True or False: George Washington was at the Battle of Bunker Hill.

This General arrived in New York with 32,000 British troops.

This person was a known patriot spy who said "I regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."

This was written as a last effort to have King George stop the war and listen to the colonists.

Who arrived in Boston with 59 cannons from Fort Ticonderoga, forcing the British out of Boston for the first time in 8 years.

The Declaration of Independence was read allowed to the colonists on which date?

What battle left George Washington to sneak his troops away under the fog and across to New Jersey abandoning New York?

During this battle on Christmas Night, George Washington was able to capture 1,000 Hessian and British soldiers boosting the spirits of the patriots.

This was signed by England and America in 1783 declaring the war was over and the Ohio River Valley was granted to the colonies.

The young Native American woman, who was the daughter of the Powhatan chief, was notable for her association with the colonial settlement at Jamestown, Virginia.

Pocahontas married _____.

TRUE OR FALSE: Pocahontas lived a long, prosperous life in the Jamestown Colony after marrying John Rolfe.

TRUE OR FALSE: The first year of the Jamestown Colony was extremely dangerous and the colonists struggled to have enough food to feed themselves.

An extremely profitable crop that made a lot of money for the Jamestown Colony was ______.

A _____ was a person who agreed to a 4 to 7 year work term in exchange for paid passage to the North American colonies.

TRUE OR FALSE: The English colonists mostly got along with the nearby Native Americans and rarely fought or clashed.

In England, a group known as the _____ felt that the Church of England was too closely tied to the Catholic Church.

A group of separatist Puritans known as the Pilgrims migrated to America and founded the _____ Colony.

Salem was in the colony of _____.

In Salem, the court permitted that witnesses could testify about seeing visions or spirits (which can't be proven or disproven). This is known as _____ evidence.

Who granted a charter to the Virginia Company and many other to settle in the New Colonies?

This was a joint stock company that established settlements in America for profit.

Established in 1619 so colonists could make their own laws, becomes the first representative government in America.

Was signed by the Pilgrims when they landed in Plymouth establishing America's idea on self-government and majority rule.

To encourage the importation of workers, this granted lands of about 50 acres per person and were given to the "head" of a family.

This was made from a group of indentured servants and freed men who were receiving unjust work and wages. They burned down Jamestown and was eventually ended when their leader died of dysentery

This person was granted land from King Charles II and became the founder of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia for the Quaker people.

Check all the Middle Colonies

Under the Articles of Confederation, America used a national currency (one form of money)

This group of people thought the US Constitution protected the people and wanted to ratify the US Constitution immediately. Their main leader was Alexander Hamilton.

The first 10 amendments of the Constitution

Who is known as the leader of the Federalists?

The ___________ are NOT for the ratification (approval) of the U.S Constitution.

The ___________ are for the ratification (approval) of the U.S Constitution.

How did the Federalists and Anti-Federalists "compromise" to ratify (approve) the U.S Constitution?

A government with one ruler that passes rule through hereditary means

Absence of a government' no ruler

All citizens can voice opinions and must vote on all issues.

One person maintains complete control over most aspects of their citizens lives.

The 1765 act that taxed paper and printed goods in the colonies was the ___.

Which of these laws made colonists provide British soldiers with food, transportation and housing?

What was the Boston Massacre?

Who created the political cartoon "Join or Die" to urge colonists to unite during the French and Indian War?

King of England during the Revolutionary War era.

The ideas of Locke and Rousseau are found MOST easily in which of these documents that was written by Thomas Jefferson?

The ability of one branch of government to limit or "check" the power of the other is called ___.