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100
Who warned that the British were coming?
Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Samuel Prescott
100
Why did Deborah Sampson dress up like a man?
Women weren't allowed to be soldiers
100
Who was a revolutionary war soldier-turned-farmer that led a rebellion against the government in 1786-1787?
Daniel Shays
100
What was the first governing document of the new United States of America?
The Articles of Confederation
100
What did the delegates do to make sure their meeting about the Constitution was private?
Nailed windows shut, closed curtains, posted guards at the doors
200
What was the lantern code used in the Old North Church to alert that the British were coming?
One if by land, Two if by sea
200
To fight the battle of Trenton, Washington and his troops had to cross the ____________.
Delaware River
200
The post-Revolutionary war government of the early 1780s was based on which document?
Articles of Confederation
200
Under the Articles of Confederation, the national government had the power to do what?
Make Laws
200
What was the original purpose of the Constitutional Convention?
To make changes to the Articles of Confederation
300
How long did it take for the Declaration of Independence to be written?
2 Weeks
300
Patriots captured this fort without a drop of bloodshed in 1775.
Fort Ticonderoga
300
Who created the new coin system that Congress adopted in 1785?
Thomas Jefferson
300
Who did most Americans feel loyal to?
Their own individual states?
300
Why did some delegates refuse to sign the Constitution?
Because it didn't have a Bill of Rights
400
The first battles of the American Revolution were fought at ____________ and _____________.
Lexington & Concord
400
George Washington was the commander of the ___________________.
Continental Army
400
What treaty officially ended the Revolutionary War?
Treaty of Paris
400
How is the leader in a limited government controlled?
By written documents and other branches of government
400
The fact that each branch of government must be separate from the others and function on its own is known as the principle of ____________.
Separation of Powers
500
When the Continental delegates met in Philadelphia they called it the __________________.
Continental Congress
500
Who helped the Americans win the Revolutionary War against the British?
French & some free Africans
500
Which law allowed states to expand by buying surveyed lands to their west?
Land Ordinance of 1785
500
Before the colonies joined together to form a new nation, how were the individual colonies governed?
By their own individual plans of government
500
How many times has the Constitution been amended since it was first ratified?
27
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