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Bill of rights

Question: What are the bill of rights
Answer:  first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.

Question: How many amendments are in the Bill of Rights



Answer: 10

Question: Who is the primary author of the Bill of Rights?
Answer: James Madison

Question:  If a person is accused of a crime, what rights is he given by the 6th Amendment?
Answer: speedy trial



Question: Where did the Congress meet in 1789 when it proposed the Bill of Rights to the states?

Answer:  New York City

3 Branches of Government

Question:

What are the three branches of government?


Answer: Legislative, Executive, Judicial


Question:

What is the total number of US Senators?


Answer: 100

Question:

What 2 groups make up Congress?


Answer: 1. House of representative
2. Senate

Question:

What do the 3 branches of government do?


Answer: Legislative - creates the laws
Executive - enacts/carries out the laws
Judicial - interpret & enforce the laws

Question:

Which branch of government is responsible for explaining/interpreting our laws?


Answer: Judicial Branch

Battles of the Revolutionary War

Question:

Where did the first battle of the Revolutionary War take place?


Answer: Lexington and Concord


Question:

How did the French and Indian War help the colonists in the war with England?


Answer: American men had learned how to be soldiers.

Question:

Who served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War?


Answer: Virginia Patriots

Question:

Who surrendered in the last major battle of the Revolutionary War?


Answer: England

Question:

What phrase describes the Revolutionary War?


Answer: "Shot heard around the world" because shots were fired.

The original 13 colonies

Question:

Jamestown






Answer: 1607

Question:

Plymouth


Answer: The Mayflower set sail from Plymouth, England, in September 1620

Question: how many colonies are there
Answer: 13

Question: what is the capital of new york
Answer: Albany

Question: where were the 13 colonies located 
Answer: along the Atlantic Ocean

Vocabulary

Question: what dose suffrage mean
Answer: the right to vote in political elections

Question: what dose popular sovereignty mean
Answer:  the source of all political power.

Question: what dose check&balances mean
Answer: A fundamental principle of American government, guaranteed by the Constitution, whereby each branch of the government (executive, judicial, and legislative) has some measure of influence over the other branches and may choose to block procedures of the other branches.

Question: what dose federalism mean
Answer: the federal principle or system of government.

Question: Individual rights are the
Answer: Bill of rights