Declaration of Independence
According to the Declaration of Independence, where do our rights come from?
Our creator
On what night did George Washington cross the Delaware?
December 25, 1776
Name the 3 branches of government
Executive; Legislative; Judicial
What word means the opposite of "Anarchy"
Tyranny
Which hero helped raise funds for the Washington monument and started the first private orphanage in New York? A) Elizabeth Freeman; B) Eliza Hamilton; C) Abigail Adams
Eliza Hamilton
Who said: "We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately."
Ben Franklin
What did Baron Wilhelm von Steuben do to help the American soldiers at Valley Forge?
Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, drilled soldiers, established standardized training, and taught crucial military tactics, turning them into a disciplined force.
What was the first constitution that the 13 colonies functioned under throughout the Revolutionary War?
Articles of Confederation
What does ratify mean?
To approve or adopt
What did Alexander Hamilton's mother die from?
A) Scarlet Fever; B) Yellow Fever; C) Snake bite
Yellow Fever
Name 3 Acts that England imposed on the colonists.
Molasses, Stamp, Sugar, Tea, Writs of Assistance, Quartering, Coercive, or Intolerable Acts
What did Henry Knox do to help during the Revolutionary War?
He transported 59 cannons (roughly 60 tons) over 300 miles from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston, enabling Washington to force a British evacuation.
What are the two houses of government?
Senate and House of Representatives
Who said: “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”
John Adams
A) Elizabeth Freeman; B) Eliza Hamilton; C) Abigail Adams
Elizabeth Freeman
Fill in the missing blanks: "And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our _______, our _________, and our ________ _________."
Lives; Fortunes; Sacred Honor
What was the last major battle of the Revolutionary War?
The Battle of Yorktown
Name one problem with the Articles of Confederation
No power to enforce taxes; no power to regulate trade between states, no power to create currency...
Who said, "Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? 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
Name one of John Adams accomplishments.
A) Lawyer and counsel for the British in the Boston Massacre
B) Member of the Continental Congress
C) Member of the Committee of Five
D) Commissioner to France
E) Ambassador to Great Britain
F) Vice president to George Washington
G) 2nd President of the United States
H) Helped avoid a war with Britain and France
I) Kept peace during the Federalists and Loyalists contention
J) Established Washington as the capitol and moved into the President's House (white house)
Who were the members of the Committee of Five assigned to draft the Declaration of Independence?
Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Roger Sherman, & Robert Livingston
Who wrote: “THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated”
Thomas Paine
Name someone who signed both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.
Robert Morris, Benjamin Franklin, George Clymer, James Wilson, George Read, Roger Sherman
Which hero was president of the Constitutional Convention?
A) James Madison; B) Nathaniel Gorhan; C) George Washington
Name a core governmental view of James Madison.
1) A strong federal republic that balanced power to protect liberty and prevent majority tyranny
2) A three-branch government with checks and balances
3) Championed the Constitution and Bill of Rights to ensure stability