Before the War
The war that was fought between France and England for control of North America.
What is the French and Indian War?
This woman carried water for soldiers and later helped fire a cannon when her husband was wounded.
Who is Mary Ludwig Hayes/Molly Pitcher?
The document that declared America free of England.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The branch of government that carries out laws.
What is the Executive Branch?
The law that taxed all paper products in America.
What is the Stamp Act?
A battle in NJ where temperatures reached 100 degrees.
What is The Battle of Monmouth?
The date America declared itself free of England.
What is July 4th, 1776?
The branch of government that passes laws.
What is the Legislative Branch?
The results of the French and Indian War.
What is, England took France's land in North America and/or went into debt?
The last major battle of the Revolutionary War.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
Document that created the second government in America; one we still use today.
What is the Constitution?
The branch of government that makes sure laws are legal and follow the Constitution.
What is the Judicial Branch?
England began doing this because they spent too much money on the French and Indian War.
What is taxing the colonies?
The way the American Revolution started.
What is, English soldiers trying to take weapons from the American militia?
Document that created the first government in America (a very weak one).
What are the Articles of Confederation?
A plan for the US government that favored small states by giving every state equal representation, no matter their size.
What is the New Jersey plan?
The way Americans protested the Tea Act/tax on tea.
What is, destroying the tea?
The first governor of NJ as a free state.
Who is William Livingston?
Document that lists the rights American citizens have.
What is the Bill of Rights?
Americans attended this meeting to determine how best to write their new Constitution.
What is the Constitutional Convention?