Constitution Day 14 Warm-Up

Rocky soil, cold climate, harbors, fishing, lumber, and shipbuilding; founded for religious reasons

• Maryland
• New England colonies
• Proclamation of 1763
• Unalienable rights

Rights all people have from birth: life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness

• Maryland
• New England colonies
• Proclamation of 1763
• Unalienable rights

Founded for Catholics seeking religious freedom

• Maryland
• New England colonies
• Proclamation of 1763
• Unalienable rights

Law prohibited colonists from moving west of Appalachian Mountains; colonists ignored

• Maryland
• New England colonies
• Proclamation of 1763
• Unalienable rights

An example of the 4th Amendment would be -

• Brad refuses to go to the principal’s office after yelling at the teacher
• Grace speaks out in support of the Supreme Court’s ruling on health care
• Skylon runs for president
• Milton refuses to allow officers to search his athletic bag for deflated footballs without a warrant

This statement is most likely from a handbook designed to prepare citizens for -

• voting in elections
• jury duty
• paying income taxes
• military service

This event best demonstrates which feature of the American way of life?

• The First Amendment guarantees personal freedoms.
• The Declaration of Independence asserts the principle of popular sovereignty.
• The U.S. Constitution establishes the structure of the federal government.
• The Fifth Amendment protects the rights of the accused.

Match the following

• 1st Amendment

• Rights of the citizens not specifically stated in the Constitution

• 10th Amendment

• Right to no cruel and unusual punishment

• 8th Amendment

• Freedoms of Religion, Assembly, Press, Petition, Speech

• 9th Amendment

• Rights not given to the federal government are given to the states

• 3rd Amendment

• No Quartering soldiers in peace time

British controlled colonial trade; angered colonists

• Intolerable Acts
• Mercantilism
• Saratoga
• Spain

Turning point of war; France supported the Americans

• Intolerable Acts
• Mercantilism
• Saratoga
• Spain