Which document told the world that the colonies would no longer be ruled by Britain?

Which document is the plan for how the national government works?

Which document says the government cannot make families let soldiers live in their homes in peacetime?

The Declaration of Independence is a book of laws that judges use in court today.

Which document creates the three branches of the national government?

Which document states the idea that all people are created equal?

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

Which document protects a person's freedom to speak their own ideas?

The colonists wrote a list of complaints about the king's unfair rule. Which document holds that list?

Which document is the highest law that all other laws in the country must follow?

Which document protects a family's freedom to follow the religion they choose?

Which document was signed in 1776?

Which document tells how the country's leaders are elected?

Which document protects the right to a fair trial with a jury?

The U.S. Constitution can never be changed.

Which document gives the steps for adding a change called an amendment?

Which document protects the freedom to gather peacefully with a group?

The Constitution set up the government of the United States.

A newspaper prints a story the mayor dislikes. Which document protects the newspaper's freedom to print it?

Nora says the Declaration of Independence tells how Congress makes laws. Which document really does that?

Which document protects the right to ask the government to fix a problem?

Which document begins with the words "We the People"?

The Bill of Rights tells how the president is chosen.

Which document set up Congress, the group that makes laws for the whole country?

A class wants to know why the colonists decided to leave British rule. Which document should they read?

Which document lists the powers the national government has and the limits on those powers?

The Declaration of Independence was a message to Britain and to the rest of the world.

Which document gives a person accused of a crime the right to have a lawyer?

Which document names life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness as rights?

The rules in the Constitution are followed by the whole country, not only by one city.

Which document gives some jobs to the national government and other jobs to the states?

Which document announced a new country before its plan of government was written?

Which document says police need a good reason before searching someone's home?

Which document explains what jobs the president has?

A family worships at their temple each week, and the government may not stop them. Which freedom in the Bill of Rights protects this?

Which document states the beliefs and ideals the new country was founded on?

Maria thinks Thomas Jefferson wrote the Bill of Rights. Which document did Jefferson really write most of?

Which document says people may not be given cruel and unusual punishments?

Which rule decides how fast cars may drive on the street where you live?

Which document created the Supreme Court and gave Congress the power to set up other federal courts?