American Revolution
This group won the Revolutionary War.
Who were the Americans (patriots or colonists)?
This colony was the only one of the thirteen colonies that didn't send delegates to the First Continental Congress, but they did agree to support any plans made.
What was Georgia?
This resolution proposed independence for the American colonies prior to the writing of the Declaration of Independence.
What was the Lee Resolution?
This was the first attempt at a national or federal government.
What were the Articles of Confederation?
He was the leader of the Revolutionary army.
Who was George Washington?
This event occurred as a result of a tax dispute between colonists and the British.
What was the Boston Tea Party?
This number of colonies had representation at the Second Continental Congress.
What was 13?
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are considered these.
What are unalienable rights?
This power was lacking in the Articles of Confederation.
What is a strong central government?
He was the superintendent of finance under the Articles of Confederation, and he was famous for saying that getting money from the states was like "preaching to the dead."
Who was Robert Morris?
This group supported the colonists' cause?
Who were the Sons of Liberty?
The meeting of this group was in an effort to discuss how to win their rights, not to go to war.
What was the First Continental Congress?
This is where the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence took place.
What is Philadelphia?
The Articles were so weak that these could not be paid by the federal government.
What are bills?
He wrote the Declaration of Independence along with a committee from the Second Continental Congress.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This series of laws were imposed on the colonists as a punishment for the Boston Tea Party.
What were the Intolerable Acts?
This group assumed the powers of a central government during the Revolutionary War.
What was the Second Continental Congress?
This body of people authorized the Declaration of Independence.
What was the Second Continental Congress?
This group wrote the Articles of Confederation.
What is the Second Continental Congress?
The site where the First Continental Congress met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
What was Carpenters' Hall?
This battle was know for the infamous start of fighting in the Revolutionary War along with the saying, "the shot heard 'round the world."
What was the Battles of Lexington and Concord?
Colonial leaders imposed this on British trade and goods which meant they didn't trade with the British.
What was an embargo?
The principles in the Declaration of Independence were used to write this document.
What is the U.S. Constitution?
All people deserve this without question under all circumstances especially without regard to race, creed, color, or gender.
What are civil rights?
His famous quote from a pre-revolutionary speech was, "... give me liberty, or give me death!"
Who is Patrick Henry?