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Founding Brothers
100
Name the English King who was forced to sign the Magna Carta.
Who is King John?
100
The agreement people on the Mayflower signed. It explained how their government would work in the colony and it said all men would be treated equally.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
100
What act took away the right to a trial by jury?
What is Intolerable Acts?
100
This letter to King George explained why we should be independent.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
100
Which founding father was born in Massachusetts but claimed Pennsylvania? He invented flippers, the Franklin stove, and he proved lightning was electricity.
What is Ben Franklin?
200
The first permanent English settlement in North America was....
What is Jamestown?
200
The peaceful transfer of power, known as the ___ ___ changed the idea of government in England and it limited the King's power.
What is the Glorious Revolution?
200
When was the Declaration of Independence "signed"?
What is July 4th, 1776
200
The Declaration of Independence says government received its power from the __ of the governed.
What is consent?
200
Name the founding father that signed his name on the Declaration of Independence with big letters.Today, we ask people to sign papers by telling them to put their ___ ___ here.
What is John Hancock?
300
The lawmaking body in England/Great Britain is called....
What is Parliament?
300
Passed by Parliament in 1689, this document said the king was not above the law, there was no taxation without representation and there would be no cruel and unusual punishments. Parts of it are similar to the Magna Carta.
What is the English Bill of Rights?
300
Which colony created a consitution that distributed power evenly between the courts, the legislature and the governor?
What is Massachusetts?
300
The first battle of the American Revolution took place in Lexington and Concord. What colony was it in?
What is Massachusetts?
300
This founding father later created our money system and was killed in a duel by Vice-President Burr.
What is Alexander Hamilton?
400
The main writer of the Declaration of Independence was..
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
400
Who wrote Common Sense?
Who is Thomas Paine?
400
What rebellion frightened the states into throwing out the Articles and creating the constitution?
What is Shays's Rebellion?
400
Name 2 powers that were denied to the original U.S. legislature.
What is the right to tax and the ability to enforce the laws?
400
King of England at the time of the Revolution.
Who is George III?
500
Name the famous American from Virginia who did not sign the Declaration of Independence? He was nicknamed the "Father of our country".
Who is George Washington?
500
The first U.S. government was ruled by a plan called the ....
What is Articles of Confederation?
500
Under the Articles, each state had ____vote or votes.
What is one?
500
What war caused the British King to tax the colonists more than other British citizens?
What is the French and Indian War?
500
The forgotten founding father. He was our first vice-president and our second president but D.C. has no large monument to him.
Who is John Adams?