SCCJA BLE- Introduction to Criminal Law questions with correct answers

1776 Answer The colonists declared the independence from England. Summer of 1787 Answer Delegates met in Philadelphia to begin work that produced the present Constitution. Constituion Answer The organic and fundemental law of a nation or state, organizing the government, and regulating, distributing, and limiting the functions of it different departments, and prescribing the extent and manner of the exercise of soveregin powers. A charter of government deriving its whole authority from the governed. September 1788 Answer The bill of rights was proposed. Later the constitution was ratified. Late 1791 Answer Bill of rights was ratified. U.S. Constitution Answer Ultimate source of the law in US. Stated in article VI also known as the "supremacy clause". Supreme Law of the Land Answer The constitution and the laws of the U.S., which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made orwhich shall be made shall bind every judge in every state to abide by them. Federalists Answer A group who favored a strong central government. Anti-Federalists Answer A group who favored a decentralized government with most of the power continuing to rest in the states. O