Colonial Times
Colonists threw British tea into the harbor to protest taxes.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
The leader of the Continental Army.
Who is George Washington?
The document that explains the structure and powers of the government.
What is the Constitution?
The constitutional addition protecting the right of citizens to own guns.
What is the Second Amendment?
The branch that makes laws and includes the Senate and House of Representatives.
What is the Legislative Branch?
The document signed on July 4, 1776.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The camp where the Continental Army stayed during a harsh winter.
What is Valley Forge?
The name for the first ten amendments to the Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
The number of terms George Washington established as the precedent for a president to serve.
What is two terms?
The branch responsible for enforcing laws and carrying out the government’s day-to-day activities.
What is the Executive Branch?
A common saying by colonists protesting British taxes.
What is "no taxation without representation"
The final major battle of the American Revolution.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
An example set by a leader for others to follow.
What is a precedent?
An uprising of Pennsylvania farmers against a federal whiskey tax.
What is the Whiskey Rebellion?
The branch that decides whether laws are constitutional.
What is the Judicial Branch?
British soldiers fired into a crowd of angry colonists.
What is the Boston Massacre?
The 1783 treaty that declared U.S. independence and ended the war.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
The system where citizens vote for leaders to represent them.
What is a republic?
The group responsible for electing the president.
What is the Electoral College?
The part of Congress made up of two representatives from each state.
What is the Senate?
The term in the Declaration of Independence describing rights that cannot be taken away.
What are unalienable rights?
The first national government of the United States.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
The meeting held to replace the Articles of Confederation.
What is the Constitutional Convention?
The speech in which George Washington warned against forming political parties and permanent foreign alliances.
What is Washington's Farewell Address?
The part of Congress with representation based on population.
What is the House of Representatives?