Government
The type of government the United States has today.
What is a Constitutional Republic?
The name of the document/act that required any legal document to have a special stamps on them
What is the Stamp Act?
Those who wanted America to be free from Britain's control
Who were Patriots?
The location of America's first capital.
What is New York City?
Who was George Washington?
He wrote the Declaration of Independence
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
The first plan of government the Continental Congress and states agreed upon
What are the Articles of Confederation?
The document written by Thomas Jefferson declaring the Independence of the colonists
What is the Declaration of Independence?
They were German soldiers who were hired by King George
Who are Hessians?
The location of America's capital now
What is Washington, D.C.?
Who was John Adams?
Believed to have made the first official American flag
Who was Betsy Ross?
The three branches of government
What are Executive, Judicial, and Legislative?
The date the Declaration of Independence was adopted.
What is July 4, 1776?
The angry encounter between colonist and British soldiers in Boston
What was the Boston Massacre?
Washington and his men spent the harsh winter of 1777 here.
What is Valley Forge?
He was a Boston Patriot who is famous for his "Midnight Ride" to warn the colonists that the British were coming
Who was Paul Revere?
He was king of England during the American War for Independence
Who was King George III?
The name for the first 10 amendments to the Constitution.
What are the Bill of Rights?
This was signed by England and gave up the American colonies, making them officially free and independent.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
The event where colonists dressed as Native Americans in the night and dumped boxes of tea into the harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
The first major battle fought outside of Boston in the War of Independence
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
He led the Green Mountain boys in the capture of Fort Ticonderoga
Who is Ethan Allen?
He was president of the 2nd Continental Congress and 1st to sign the Declaration of Independence.
Who was John Hancock?
He said "Give me liberty, or give me death."
Who was Patrick Henry?
This extended the boundaries, and closed the frontier land to the colonies
What is the Quebec Act?
Washington's victory here led to the British surrender.
What is Yorktown?
The Battle that was the turning point of the War for Independence.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
He was the leader of the British in the south during the War of Independece?
Who was General Cornwallis?
He led the British forces in North America during the French and Indian War
Who was General Edward Braddock?