The Declaration of Independence
The Best of Enemies
Hamilton
A Soldier for the Crown
Literacy Skills
100

The Declaration of Independence was written by:

Who is Thomas Jefferson?

100

Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton were the focus of

What is The Best of Enemies?

100

The orphan child born in the Caribbean

Who is Alexander Hamilton?

100

The first line of the story reveals a character trait about the main character.

What is a gambler?

100

the use of similar grammatical constructions to express ideas that are closely related or equal in importance

What is parallelism?

200

The "he" in the document is referring to:

Who is King George III of Great Britain?

200

he advocated a vigorous central government marked by a strong President, an independent judiciary and a liberal reading of the Constitution

Who was Alexander Hamilton?

200

Hamilton was the correspondent for this man.

Who was George Washington?

200

The main character escaped

What is slavery?

200

the arrangement of words to express and emphasize ideas

What is syntax?

300

The British brothers and sisters did not listen to the warnings given by:

Who are the colonists?

300

their clash inside George Washington’s first Cabinet proved so fierce that it would spawn

What is the two party system in America?

300

He met her at a ball for revolutionary war soldiers.

Who is Eliza Schuyler?

300

The main character has an older brother.

Who is Titus?

300

The central idea is contained in the

What is the thesis?

400

In the Declaration, paragraphs 3-29 list out:

What are the reasons the colonies are declaring their independence?

400

 He favored states’ rights, a central role for Congress and a comparatively weak judiciary.

Who is Thomas Jefferson?

400

The biggest downfall of Hamilton and ruined his reputation

What was the affair with Maria Reynolds?

400

You talk Titus into bringing you along because

What is the promise Titus made after your parent's death?

400

the method an author uses to narrate a story

What is point of view?

500

In paragraph 33, the colonists representatives called out and declared themselves free from British rule and for the first time recognized the colonies as :

What is The United States of America?

500

The crowning irony of the stormy relations between Hamilton and Jefferson is that

Who did Hamilton support in the 1801 presidential election?

500

This friend that became an enemy of Hamilton was also his killer.

Who was Aaron Burr?

500

This plot twist catches the reader off guard at the end of the story.

What gender is the main character, Dorothy?

500

the sequence of events in a literary work

What is plot?