Citizens Rule: Our Founding Documents

Washington, DC is...

• Pennsylvania's capital

• USA's capital

Any writing that contains important information is a...

• documentary

• document

• diary

• dictionary

Which document stated the colonists'

desire to be independent from Great Britain?

• Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

• Bill of Rights

In a democracy, the true power comes from the...

• governors

• president

• citizens

• king

According to the Declaration of Independence, the government's job is to protect _______________.

• people's rights

• people's wealth

• the government's power

• democracy

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness are inalienable rights stated in which document?

• The Constitution

• The Declaration

  of Independence

What was the result of the Revolutionary War?

• America remained a colony of Great Britain

• America gained its independence

America's revolutionary document of freedom is...

• The Constitution

• The Declaration of Independence

The American Revolution was a conflict between the colonists and _____________.

• the French
• the Spanish

• the British 

What are the three inalienable rights that all people have?

• Food, Shelter, and Clothing
• Life, Liberty and Death
• Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness