Government
The president in is this branch of government.
What is Executive?
This was America's first plan for government.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
I was the main author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
George Washington and his men crossed this river to capture Trenton.
What is the Delaware River?
What is the Continental Army? (or American)
The lower courts and Supreme Court are apart of this branch of government.
What is Judicial?
This is list sent to King George III of changes needed for peace.
What is the Olive Branch Petition?
I was known as the "fighting parson."
Who is James Caldwell?
Washington and his men spent the worst winter of the war here.
What is Valley Forge?
The Hessians were from this country.
What is Germany?
Congress and elected representatives from each state are a part of this branch of government.
What is Legislative?
This is the highest pattern and law of government for the US today.
I was the first person to sign the Declaration of Independence.
Who is John Hancock?
England surrendered after this battle.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
In a constitutional republic, the government is run by representatives chosen by ________________.
Who are the people/citizens?
This is the term for what the Senate and the House of Representatives make up.
What is Congress?
This is the document that stated that the colonies were independent from English rule.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
I was the captain of the Bonhomme Richard.
Who is John Paul Jones?
This battle is remembered for being the turning point of the war.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
Britain surrendered in this year.
What is 1781?
This is the type of government formed by the Constitution.
What is a republic?
(or constitutional republic)
This was the date that the Declaration of Independence was signed and this was the date the Constitution was adopted.
Declaration: 1776
Constitution: 1787
I helped secure forts of the Northwest Territory from the British.
Who is George Rogers Clark?
England gave up its thirteen colonies in America with this treaty. (It is named after the city in which it was signed)
What is the Treaty of Paris?
List the first five presidents of the United States in order.
Who are
George Washington
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
James Monroe?