This law allowed states to expand by buying surveyed lands to their west
What is the Land Ordinance of 1785.
100
an open attack, usually armed
What is a rebellion
100
I proposed a coin system that was adopted in 1785
Who is Thomas Jefferson.
100
the year the great seal of the United States was created
What is 1782
100
Who was the leader of the Continental Army and the greatest of all the Patriot Generals
Who is George Washington
200
This was the last battle of the Revolutionary War where Lord Cornwallis surrendered to General Washington
What is Battle of Yorktown
200
This is the term used to describe surrounding a place and not letting anything in or out and slowly squeezing in, like at Yorktown
What is a Siege
200
I don't want to go on this new "hot air balloon." I will let a 13 year old boy go up on it instead.
Who is George Washington and Ben Franklin
200
the name of Miss Casatelli's dog
Who is Macy (will also accept: the cutest dog ever!)
200
This number is Miss Casatelli's favorite number...
What is 7
300
This battle was considered the turning point of the Revolutionary War. Gen John Burgoyne surrendered his army to Gen. Horatio Gates.
What is Saratoga
300
this candy is Miss Casatelli's favorite
What are kit kats
300
I was the document that officially ended the war
What is the Treaty of Paris
300
the place Daniel Shay went after the rebellion
What is Vermont?
300
Name 2 types of technology in the 1780s...
What is 1) hot air balloons 2) ice cream 3) bifocals
400
Name one thing that the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 did
What is 1. new land for states 2.prohibition of slavery 3. the Ohio River as a boundary
400
What is the name of the volunteer soldiers who helped part time
What is militia or minutemen
400
I decided to try and find an answer to the problem of not getting paid from fighting-at any cost! My answer led hundreds of farmers and former soldiers in a rebellion gainst the new country's leaders
Who is the Daniel Shays
400
What did Deborah Sampson do?
What is disguised herself as a man in order fight in the war
400
What was the name of the person who said "There has never been a good war or a bad peace"
Who was Benjamin Franklin
500
TWO major problems the U.S. had under the Articles of Confederation
What is: 1.different currency 2.no president to lead the country 3. separate post office systems
500
What term describes when a group of people refuse to buy a product for political reasons
What is a boycott
500
I was a surveyor (Surveyors make precise measurements to determine property boundaries. They provide data relevant to the shape and contour of the Earth's surface for engineering, mapmaking, and construction projects.)
Who is George Washington
500
The post-Revolutionary War government of the early 1780s was based on which document
What are the Articles of Confederation?
500
When you are at least 18, have lived here five years, can read and write English, and can pass a U.S. history test.