Britain’s 13 Colonies
This 1765 law passed by Parliament required colonists to pay a tax on newspapers and other printed documents.
What is the Stamp Act?
This 33-year-old Virginian was chosen by a committee of five to write the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
On December 26, 1776, Washington’s army surprised and defeated these hired German soldiers in Trenton.
Who are Hessians?
This 1777 document was the first plan of government for the United States, but it created a weak national government.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
These Native Americans were the first people to live in the land now known as New Jersey, moving there because of its abundant resources,.
Who are the Lenape?
To protest British taxes, colonists would often do this, which means to refuse to buy, sell, or use something.
What is a boycott?
The Continental Congress voted to approve the Declaration of Independence on this specific date.
What is July 4, 1776?
This woman is celebrated for her bravery at the Battle of Monmouth, where she reportedly took over her husband's cannon.
Who is Molly Pitcher?
The delegates agreed the U.S. should be this form of government, which is ruled by the people.
What is a democracy?
Many European groups, such as the Quakers and Jewish people, moved to New Jersey specifically to escape this.
What is religious persecution?
In 1774, Parliament passed these laws, meaning "hard to endure," to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
Signers of the Declaration risked being arrested and hanged for this crime of trying to remove one's government by force.
What is treason?
To fool the British at Trenton, Washington used this "plan of action" by lighting many fires and making loud noises to hide his army's movement.
What is a strategy?
This branch of the new government is made up of the Senate and the House of Representatives and makes the nation's laws.
What is the legislative branch?
Following the arrival of the English, the colony was split into these two distinct sections.
What are East Jersey and West Jersey?
This group of militia members in Massachusetts earned their nickname because they could be ready to fight at a moment’s notice.
Who are the minutemen?
He was a New Jersey signer of the Declaration of Independence who worked as a clergyman and a teacher.
Who is John Witherspoon?
Continental soldiers spent the "worst winter of the war" from 1779 to 1780 camped in this wooded area near Morristown.
What is Jockey Hollow?
These are written changes added to the Constitution to protect the rights of the people.
What are amendments?
Unlike the Europeans who arrived later, the Lenape held the belief that this could not be owned by any one person.
What is land?
In December 1774, New Jersey tea protesters disguised themselves as Native Americans to burn tea in this small town.
What is Greenwich?
John Adams argued that Jefferson should write the Declaration because Jefferson was a "ten times better" what?
What is "writer?"
The Revolutionary War officially ended in September 1783 when leaders from America and Britain signed this document in France.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
In December 1787, New Jersey became the third state to do this, which means to "formally approve" the Constitution.
What is ratify?
While many moved to the colonies by choice, this group of people was forced to come to the colonies against their will.
Who are slaves?