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Main author of the Declaration of Independence
Who was Thomas Jefferson
Year the Declaration of Independence was signed
What is 1776
This document stated that the United States was an independent nation
What is the Declaration of Independence
Conflict that removed the French threat to the American colonies in the 18th century
What is the French and Indian War
The state of being sovereign and free from foreign control
What is being independent
King of England during the American Revolution
Who was King George III
Year the Constitution was written
What is 1787
This agreement was signed by the Pilgrims to have self-government in the New World
What is the Mayflower Compact
Battle that began the American Revolution
What is Lexington and then Concord
Institution in society that rules on behalf of the people and makes laws
What is Government
Inventor, author of Poor Richard's Almanac, and American minister to France
Who is Ben Franklin?
Year the first successful British colony was established in North America
What is 1607
The first constitution of the United States of America
What is the Articles of Confederation
Last major battle of the American Revolution
What is Yorktown
A time of armed rebellion or a period of great change in history
What is Revolution
Leader of the Sons of Liberty in Massachusetts and against British taxation
Who was Samuel Adams?
Years of the American Civil War
What is 1861 to 1865
Document signed by King John in 1215 which gave Englishmen basic human rights
What is the Magna Carta
Document in which Great Britain finally and formally recognized the United States as an independent nation
What is the Treaty of Paris of 1781
Settlement by a European country of land in the Americas, Asia, or Africa
What is Colonization
He wrote Common Sense supporting American independence from Great Britain
Who is Thomas Paine
Year Louisiana was purchased from France
What is 1803
Document passed by the British Parliament that guaranteed Englishmen certain individual rights
What is the English Bill of Rights
Battle won by the United States in 1777 that was a turning point in the American Revolution
What is Saratoga
Economic system where a colony provided raw materials to the mother country and served as a market for finished or manufactured goods
What is Mercantilism