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100
Man chosen to be the nation's first president.
Who is George Washington?
100
George Washington's home.
What is Mount Vernon?
100
First written form of American government.
What were the Articles of Confederation?
100
George Washington's Secretary of the Treasury.
Who was Alexander Hamilton?
100
Amendment known as the "States Rights" amendment.
What is the tenth?
200
Virginian called the Father of the Constitution.
Who is James Madison?
200
Country that had a revolution shortly after the US government was established.
What is France?
200
First ten amendments to the Constitution.
What are the Bill of Rights?
200
State in which the Whiskey Rebellion took place.
What is Pennsylvania?
200
Law designed to punish those who opposed the Federalists and the Adams administration.
What are the Alien and Sedition Acts?
300
Lawmakers elected for a two year term.
Who are the members of the House of Representatives?
300
River that forms the border of Maryland and Virginia.
What is the Potomac?
300
Series of papers written to support the new federal government.
What were the Federalist Papers?
300
First Vice-President of the US.
Who is John Adams?
300
Author of "The Notebook"
Who is Nicholas Sparks?
400
Leader of a farmer's revolt against lawsuits that were taking their farms.
Who is Daniel Shayes.
400
Site of the meeting called by Virginia to discuss the Articles of Confederation.
What is Annapolis, Maryland?
400
Number of states needed to amend the Articles of Confederation.
What were 13 (or all of them)?
400
Three ministers who met with US commissioners in France.
Who were X, Y, and Z?
400
Key battle that brought French support to the American cause for Independence.
What was Saratoga?
500
Only man to sign the Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution.
Who is Roger Sherman?
500
State that did not send a delegate to the Constitutional Convention to revise the Articles of Confederation.
What is Rhode Island?
500
Under the Northwest Ordinance, a six-mile square piece of land.
What is a township?
500
Leader who favored a policy of neutrality.
Who is George Washington?
500
Indian chief who fought for the British in New York and Pennsylvania during the American Revolution.
Who was Joseph Brant?