Battles
The first battle of the American Revolutionary War that took place on April 19, 1775
What is the battle of Lexington and Concord?
This is the head of the Executive Branch of the U.S. government
Who is the President?
This document officially ended the Revolutionary War and recognized American independence.
What is The Treaty of Paris (1783)?
Lowered the price of tea, leading to the Boston Tea Party.
What is the Tea Act?
Author of Common Sense
Who was Thomas Paine?
Created during the First Continental Congress to defend against British attacks.
a change to the Constitution
What is an amendment?
First constitution of the United States
What is the Articles of Confederation?
The Declaration of Independence was signed in this year.
What is 1776?
Created the Continental Army and Oliver Branch Petition
What was the Second Continental Congress?
This battle, fought on June 17, 1775, was an early conflict in the Revolutionary War where colonial forces demonstrated they could stand up to British regulars despite ultimately losing.
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
This part of the U.S. Government has the sole power to impeach the President.
What is the House of Representatives?
What year did George Washington become the first president of the United States
What is 1789?
This famous person warned the colonists that the British troops were coming.
Who was Paul Revere?
Who was King George III?
In this pivotal battle fought on October 17, 1777, British General John Burgoyne surrendered his army to American forces, marking a turning point in the Revolutionary War.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
This clause in the Constitution establishes that federal laws are more powerful than state laws.
What is the Supremacy Clause?
What is the preamble of the Constitution?
What was the Battle of Valley Forge?
What was the Constitutional Convention?
This decisive battle took place from September 28 to October 19, 1781, leading to British General Cornwallis’s surrender and effectively ending major combat operations in the Revolutionary War.
What is the battle of Yorktown?
This agreement, made at the Constitutional Convention of 1787, resolved the debate between large and small states by creating a bicameral legislature, with the Senate giving equal representation and the House based on population.
What is the Great Compromise?
Supporters of the US Constitution
Who are the Federalists?
French General who helped the Continental Army defeat the British.
Who was Marquis de Lafayette?
What is separation of power?
What are checks of balances?