1. 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2pt 3 pt 4pt 5 pt 1pt 2pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4pt 5 pt 1pt Who What WhenWhereWhy

2. First President of the United States

3. Who was George Washington?

4. John Adams

5. Who was the 2 nd President of the United States?

6. James Madison

7. Who was the Father of the Constitution?

8. Rhode Island

9. What colony did not send a delegate to the Constitutional Convention?

10. Thomas Jefferson

11. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

12. Philadelphia, PA

13. What was the site of the Constitutional Convention?

14. Articles of Confederation

15. What was America’s first Constitution?

16. Shay’s Rebellion

17. What event ignited the need to revise the Articles of Confederation?

18. Three part Government

19. What is the system of Checks and Balances?

20. Concurrent Powers

21. What are powers shared by the federal and state government?

22. September 17, 1787

23. When is Constitution Day?

24. December 15, 1791

25. When was the Bill of Rights ratified?

26. April 6, 1789

27. When was George Washington elected as the first President of the United States of America?

28. August 18, 1920

29. When was women’s suffrage?

30. May 7, 1992

31. When was the last amendment ratified and added to the Constitution?

32. Philadelphia, PA

33. Where was the Constitutional Convention held in 1787?

34. Washington, DC

35. Where is the Capitol of the United States of America?

36. Lexington Green

37. Where was the “shot heard round the world”?

38. The Old North Church

39. Where were the lanterns located to signal the British are coming?

40. Yorktown, VA

41. Where did Cornwallis surrender to Washington?

42. Composition of the Senate

43. Why does each state have two Senators?

44. Self Governed

45. Why do we call our form of government a republic?

46. To Interpret the Laws

47. Why do we have a Judicial Branch?

48. Article V in the Constitution

49. Why do we need a system to amend the Constitution?

50. Alexander Hamilton offered the American monarchy to Prince Henry of Prussia

51. Why did America almost have a King instead of a President?