First Battles
What colony hosted the first armed conflicts of the American Revolution?
Massachusetts
Who was the main author of the Declaration?
Thomas Jefferson
Who signed a Treaty of Alliance after the Battle of Saratoga?
France
What was wrong with the Articles of Confederation?
What do we call a plan for the government?
a constitution
Why did the British go to Concord?
To seize the stored ammunition of the Colonial Militias.
The Declaration says that all men are given rights by whom, to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
by their Creator
Name the young French general who became like a son to George Washington?
Marquis de Lafayette
Why was the Continental Army so poorly equipped?
Congress could not collect taxes or form an army.
Who contributed the most ideas of the U.S. Constitution?
James Madison
Name one man who rode all night to tell the minutemen at Lexington that the British were coming?
Paul Revere, or William Dawes
What is contained in the second section of the Declaration?
a list of grievances
What did Washington do the night before the Battles of Trenton and Princeton?
crossed the Delaware River on Christmas Eve
The State of Franklin in 1784 became part of what state on today's map?
Tennessee
What do we call the system of our government that divides responsibilities between the national and state levels?
Federalism
What was the result of the Battle at Bunker Hill?
The British knew they had to prepare for war.
What does John Locke say people must do if the government does not protect citizens' rights?
choose new leaders
Name the battle where Tennessee riflemen defeated the British using guerrilla warfare.
Kings Mountain
Why did Shay's Rebellion take place?
They had not been paid for fighting the Revolutionary War, and lost their land.
Why was the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution?
to satisfy the states who were Anti-Federalist, so they would ratify the Constitution
Who won the Battle of Bunker Hill and where?
the British, at Breed's Hill
to protect the rights of the people
When Patriot troops trapped the British at Yorktown, who blocked the British from getting help by sea?
What did the ordinances of 1784-87 call the land that surrounds the Great Lakes?
Name four of the five rights protected in the First Amendment.
speech, press, petition, assembly, and religion