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The right to vote is also called _____________.
suffrage
Keeping ships from entering or leaving ports is called a _____________.
Blockade
The ____________ introduces the Constitution
Preamble
The War for Independence officially ended with the signing of the _______________.
Treaty of Paris
The upper house in Congress is called the _____________.
Senate
The _____________ Ordinance of 1787 required that the western land be divided into three but no more than five territories.
Northwest
The date the Declaration of Independence was approved by Congress was ___________________. (m/d/y)
July 4, 1776
All thirteen states had to _______, or formally approve, the Articles of Confederation until they became law.
ratify
The __________ is the president's opposition to a bill passed by the legislature and its returned to the body where it started
Veto
The Congress named ______________ commander of the Continental Army.
George Washington
The lower house of Congress is called the ________________.
House of Representatives
The body established by the Constitution to elect the president was the ________________.
Electoral College
General Cornwallis was forced to surrender his army at the Battle of _________________.
Yorktown
The president serves a ________ year term.
Four
How often does the census occur?
10 Years
A count of the population is called a ______________.
Census
The ___________- branch enforces the laws.
Executive
Those who fought the ratification of the Constitution were called ____________________.
Anti-Federalists
German mercenaries called _____________ were hired by the British to fight in America.
Hessians
What branch interprets the law?
Judicial
___________________ led the Green Mountain Boys in the capture of Fort Ticonderoga.
Ethan Allen
The person who was captured and hanged by the British for spying was _____________________.
Nathan Hale
What was the king's reaction to the Olive Branch Petition?
He wouldn't even read it
The ___________ branch makes the law.
Legislative
The first ten amendments to the Constitution are called _________________
The Bill of Rights