Fighter for Freedom
True or False. In 1773, Britain controlled the colonies.
True
Who are the group of people who make Great Britain's laws?
Parliament
Who is a person chosen to represent others, making decisions for the people of their colony.
delegates
This was rung on July 8, 1776, to celebrate the colonists' Declaration of Independence.
The Liberty Bell
Who led the Continental Army in 1776, with many battles fought in NJ
George Washington
He believed that the colonies should have more of a say in how they were governed and wrote that taxes were unfair.
William Livingston
This word means -To take back - as in protesting to remove an unjust law - as in the Stamp Act.
repeal
A milita is what type of army: mandatory or volunteer
Volunteer
Name one delegate who were chosen to write the Declaration of Independence. Hint one was known as a great writer!
John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson
The Victory at this NJ city was a turning point in the war
Trenton
Livingston lead the New Jersey __________
militia
This act of protest means to refuse to buy, as in the colonists stopped buying goods from Great Britain.
Ready to fight at a moment's notice, Massachusetts troops were called this...
Minutemen
Who wrote "all men are created equal?"
Thomas Jefferson
A _________ is a plan of action and Washington came up with these to fight the British.
strategy
After showing strong leadership as a general in the army, Livingston became New Jersey's first_____
What is governor?
Colonial merchants boycotted tea from the Eastern Tea Company and threw 342 chests of tea into the harbor. Known as ....
Boston Tea Party
Colonists who supported independence
Patriots
What American city was the Declaration of Independence read in public?
Philadelphia
What does the word “democracy mean?
Rule by the people
True or False. Livingston asked the state government to end slavery in the state.
True
The ____________ Acts were a new set of laws meant to punish the colonists.
Intolerable
Colonists who supported Great Britain
Loyalists
Where does the government get its power?
The People
Our first Vice President was:
John Adams