American Founding Documents

This document created a stronger national government with 3 branches.

• Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

• Bill of Rights

• Articles of Confederation

This document was written to help get the Constitution ratified by limiting the government’s powers

• Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

• Bill of Rights

• Articles of Confederation

This document declared our independence from Great Britain

• Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

• Bill of Rights

• Articles of Confederation

This document created our current government and set up a system of checks and balances

• Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

• Bill of Rights

• Articles of Confederation

This document protects the rights of citizens of the United States of America

• Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

• Bill of Rights

• Articles of Confederation

This document created the United States of America and supports equality for all

• Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

• Bill of Rights

• Articles of Confederation

The Bill of Rights was added to the U.S. Constitution primarily to

• establish fair and impartial elections

• protect individual rights

• guarantee voting privileges to minorities

• provide the President with power in times of emergency

What guarantees freedom of the press, of speech and of religion to individuals in the U.S.?

• The U.S. Constitution

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Bill of Rights

• The Articles of Confederation

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

• Benjamin Franklin

• John Adams

• James Madison

• Thomas Jefferson

... that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain ___?___

• Unalienable rights

• Equalities of opportunity

• Repeated injuries and abuses

• Duties and responsibilities