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What day was the Declaration of Independence signed?
August 2, 1776
What were conditions like in Valley Forge
Little food or blankets, men had no clothes or shoes, etc.
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
What is the term for "no law"
Anarchy
What day did the Continental Congress vote for Independence?
July 2, 1776
What happened on December 16, 1773
The Boston Tea Party
Who is considered the Father of the Constitution?
James Madison
What part of the flag is the halyard?
The rope on the flagpole
What day did Cornwallis surrender to Washington at Yorktown?
October 19, 1781
Where was the first "shot heard 'round the world?"
Lexington
Who wrote the verses of the Star Spangled Banner?
Francis Scott Key
Who added the phrase "so help me God" to the presidential oath of office?
George Washington
What month, day and year was the "shot heard 'round the world"?
April 19, 1775
What was the last major battle of the Revolutionary War?
Yorktown
Name one person who signed both the Declaration of Independecne and the Constitution
Robert Morris
Benjamin Franklin
Goerge Clymer
James Wilson
George Reed
Roger Sherman
Who wrote "for thought the flame of liberty may sometimes cease to shine, the coal can never expire?"
Thomas Paine
What year was the Treaty of Paris signed?
1783
Name three acts the England imposed upon the colonists?
Molasses, Stamp, Sugar, Tea, Writs of Assistance, Quartering, Coercive or Intolerable Acts
Who said: "If life is so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slaver? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!"
Patrick Henry
What was the first constitution that the 13 colonies functioned under throughout the Revolutionary War?
Articles of Confederation