The Colonial Era
This colony was a safe haven for Catholics
What is Maryland?
In what year was The Declaration of Independence written?
What is 1776?
In 1764, Parliament passed this Act, which set duties on molasses and sugar imported by the colonists
What is the Sugar Act
How many Government branches are they
What are 3 branches
How many terms does a President serve
What are two terms?
How many colonies were founded?
What is Thirteen?
The Declaration of Independence is highly critical of what king?
Who is King George III?
Thomas Jefferson borrowed ideas from this person in writing the Declaration of Independence?
Who is John Locke
The 1st 10 Amendments in the Constitution are referred to as?
What are the Bill of Rights?
What political parties did Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton belong to?
Who were the Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans?
What was the primary purpose of the colonies being founded?
What is Gold, God, and Glory
Who was the principal author of The Declaration of Independence?
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
George Washington and his Continental Army came closest to defeat at which event?
What is the Battle of York Town?
Which Amendment gives citizens the freedom of Speech, Religion, Protest, and Assembly?
What is the First Amendment?
How many Political Parties were there?
What are two political parties?
How many regions were the colonies divided into? What are these regions called?
Three
What is the New England Region, Middle Region, and Southern Region?
What are Unalienable Rights?
What is Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness?
This Act of 1765 required colonists to pay for an official stamp, or seal, when they bought paper items.
What is the Stamp Act
The Constitution needed approval by how many states?
What are 9 states
What was Washington's outlook on foreign policy?
What is to remain neutral and not form any foreign alliances?
What is considered to be the lost colony
What is Roanoke Colony?
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
What was the first battle of the American Revolution
What was the Battle of Lexington and Concord?
The Presidential power to overturn a law
What is a Veto?
Who was the 1st President
Who was George Washington?