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Understanding the laws of our land—how they are made, and how they can be changed if they do not serve us
a) Civics
b) republic
c) Direct Democracy
d) Magna Carta

Voters would gather in one place, and by a show of hands, make their wishes known.
a) Civics
b) republic
c) Direct Democracy
d) Magna Carta

A government led by elected representatives rather than by a king or queen
a) Civics
b) Magna Carta
c) Direct Democracy
d) republic

The “Great Charter,” (1215), presented a list of complaints and, set forth the principle that everyone, including the king, was subject to the law.
a) Civics
b) Magna Carta
c) Direct Democracy
d) republic

People elect officeholders to make laws and run the nation for them.
a) grievances
b) Representative system of Government
c) Declaration of Independence
d) Virginia Declaration of Rights

complaints
a) grievances
b) Virginia Declaration of Rights
c) Declaration of Independence
d) Representative system of Government

A document written by Thomas Jefferson (1776) that lists all the colonists’ grievances against the king declared the colonists’ independence.
a) Representative system of Government
b) Declaration of Independence
c) Virginia Declaration of Rights
d) grievances

A document written by George Mason (1776) to protect the rights of Virginia’s colonists and the basis for the Bill of Rights.
a) Virginia Declaration of Rights
b) grievances
c) Representative system of Government
d) Declaration of Independence

a right that cannot be taken away from a person.
a) inalienable
b) Treaty of Paris
c) Constitution of the United States
d) Articles of Confederation

Established the first form of national government for the brand-new United States of America, but had some very big flaws.
a) Treaty of Paris
b) Articles of Confederation
c) inalienable
d) Constitution of the United States

Officially ended the American Revolution in 1783
a) Constitution of the United States
b) Treaty of Paris
c) Articles of Confederation
d) inalienable

Revisions to the Articles of Confederation led to the creation of this brilliant new document and our current form of national government.
a) Articles of Confederation
b) Treaty of Paris
c) Constitution of the United States
d) inalienable

An introduction to a document that explains why it is being written and what its aims are
a) Constitutional Convention of 1787
b) Preamble
c) Bill of Rights
d) ratification

Led by James Madison, this was a meeting of colonial representatives that wanted to revise the Articles of Confederation.
a) ratification
b) Preamble
c) Constitutional Convention of 1787
d) Bill of Rights

10 additions to the Constitution, guarantee important freedoms, as long as we obey the laws and respect others.
a) Bill of Rights
b) ratification
c) Constitutional Convention of 1787
d) Preamble

The formal consent or approval of something
a) Bill of Rights
b) Constitutional Convention of 1787
c) Preamble
d) ratification

An idea, belief, plan or suggestion for consideration or discussion by others
a) convention
b) proposal
c) Constitutional Convention
d) Amendment

A gathering of people for political purposes
a) Constitutional Convention
b) convention
c) proposal
d) Amendment

A formal or official change to a document
a) Constitutional Convention
b) convention
c) proposal
d) Amendment

A meeting of state representatives that discuss and vote for possible changes to the U.S. Constitution.
a) proposal
b) Amendment
c) convention
d) Constitutional Convention

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