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Which amendment grants the freedom of speech?
First Amendment
What was the name of the colony where all colonists mysteriously disappeared?
Roanoke
What were the 3 regions of the 13 Colonies?
New England, Middle, and Southern
Who warned the colonists that the British were planning an attack on the colonists?
Paul Revere
What are the three branches of government in the United States?
Executive, Judicial, Legislative
Who was chosen as the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army?!
George Washington
What is the name for men and women, primarily from Europe, who signed contracts to work for a fixed number of years in exchange for passage to the American colonies, food, shelter, and clothing?
Indentured servants
Which colonies had large plantations?
Southern colonies
What was the name of the British king during the American Revolution?
King George III
What is the introduction to the Constitution called?
The Preamble
Who was the first explorer to reach the New World?
Christopher Columbus
Which early colony used the Mayflower Compact?
Plymouth
What region did Connecticut, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts make up?
The New England Colonies
What was the punishment for the Boston Tea Party?
The Intolerable Acts/Coercive Acts
Who is known as the "Father of the Constitution"?
James Madison
Under the Articles of Confederation, the government consisted of how many branches of government?
One
John Smith was an important leader in which early colony?
Jamestown
What is the type of crop that would sell for money called?
Cash crop
Who was the major author of the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
What are the first ten amendments called?
The Bill of Rights
During the French and Indian War, the British and French were fighting over control of which area?
Why did Pilgrims risk their lives to come to America?
For religious freedom
Which colony was founded by James Oglethorpe?
Georgia
Which document said that colonists were forbidden to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains?
The Proclamation of 1763
What was the name of the meeting held in 1787 to improve the Articles of Confederation, that instead wrote a new constitution?
The Constitutional Convention