Patriots
The first vice president of the United States
John Adams
The traitor responsible for many early victories for the Continental Army
Benedict Arnold
This Article describes the Judicial branch
Article III
The war that sets the stage for the Revolutionary War
The French and Indian War (or Seven Years War)
List one of the authors of the Federalist papers (that we read in class)
Madison/Hamilton
The author of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
The British general who began leading the British to victory in the early days of the war
William Howe
The number of Articles in the Constitution
Seven
The primary reason that the colonists fought this war...
"Taxation without representation"
(Not allowed to self-govern as they had been...)
The nickname under which the federalists wrote
Publius
The author of "Common Sense"
Thomas Paine
Washington's Aide de Camp (and the author of more than a few Federalist Papers...)
Alexander Hamilton
The primary author of the Constitution...
How long was the Revolutionary war fought for? (Ending with Cornwallis's surrender?)
six years
A nickname under which the antifederalists wrote
Brutus
The father of the US
George Washington
Known as "the fighting Quaker"
Nathaniel Greene
This article describes the process by which this Constitution can be ratified
Article 7
What battle began with Washington's crossing of the Delaware?
The battle of Trenton
The clause in the constitution that Brutus I takes the most issue with.
The "supremacy" clause (Article VI)
The author of the Olive Branch petition
John Dickinson
The British General who surrendered at Yorktown in 1781
Charles Cornwallis
The last three words of the Constitution are...
"ratifying the same..."
When was the battle of Yorktown?
1781
The author of Federalist Papers that we did not read in class
John Jay