Who was Commander of the Continental Army during the War of Independence?
What is George Washington
100
What cause of the war left five colonists dead
What is Boston Massacre
100
What U.S. officers name is synonymous with the word traitor
What is Benedict Arnold
100
How many branches of the government are there?
What is three
100
What items were taxed by the British
What is tea, newspapers, and calendars
200
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
What is Thomas Jefferson
200
What event had the Sons of Liberty dressed up as Mohawk Indians protesting taxes?
What is Boston Tea Party
200
What color uniforms did the Continental soldiers wear?
What is Blue
200
What law is supreme in the United States? state or federal
What is fedral
200
What country offered help to the colonies?
What is France
300
What was the name given to British soldiers?
What is Redcoats or Lobsterbacks
300
What document declared the Colonies free from Britain?
What is Declaration of Independence
300
What section of the Constitution introduces the reasons for writing the document?
What is Preamble
300
What is the first ten amendments of the Constitution called?
What is Bill of Rights
300
What term is defined as evident without proof or reasoning
What is self evident
400
What Patriot rode his horse warning Colonists that the British were coming?
What is Paul Revere
400
What law forbade colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains?
What is Proclamation of 1763
400
What British general surrendered at the Battle of Yorktown?
What is General Cornwallis
400
Name a reason why the constitution was written
What is create laws, insure better lives, create an army, ensure peace, unite the union, and secure freedom
400
What term is defined as rights that cannot be taken away
What is Inalienable rights
500
What former slave was killed in the Boston Massacre?
What is Crispus Attucks
500
What agreement officially ended the war?
What is Treaty of Paris
500
What is a colonists who sided with the British called
What is Loyalist
500
What is a principle of the U.S. constitution?
What is lays out presidency, creates three branches of gov't, creates courts, all states equal, amending the constitution, and federal gov't has supreme power