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The year the colonies declared independence from England.

What is 1776?

100

Third planet from the sun.

What is Earth?

100

Large and awkward 

What is bulky?

100

The year George Washington became president

What is 1789?

100

Not helping either side in a conflict

What is neutral?

200
He authored the Declaration of Independence

Who is Thomas Jefferson?

200

How long it takes for the Earth to move around the Sun.

What is 365 days or 1 year?

200

Experiment with making, changing, or fixing something

What is to tinker?

200

George Washington's vice-president.

Who is John Adams?

200

the act of stepping down from or leaving a job

What is resignation?

300

He authored the Constitution

Who is James Madison?

300

Closest planet to the sun

What is Mercury?

300

An account of a person’s life

What is a Biography?

300

The city George Washington served as president

What is New York, New York?

300

a formal ceremony at the start of a term or office

What is inauguration? 

400

The plan the proposed 2 houses of the legislative branch of government.

What is the Virgina Plan?

400

This is how long it takes light to travel from the sun to Earth.

What is eight minutes?

400

The process through which green plants use sunlight to make nutrients from water and carbon dioxide

What is photosynthesis?

400

George Washington did not run for a third term

What GW did bc he didnt want to be considered a monarch?

400

an example for future actions or decisions

What is precedent?

500

The first version of the US Constitution.

What are the Articles of Confederation?

500

This is what happens when a star dies.

A black hole.

500

When you give human characteristics to inanimate objects.

What is personification?

500

addressed the division of Americans into political parties

What is GW said in his farewell address?

500

pillar carved from a single piece of stone with a square base and a pyramidal top

What is obelisk?

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