1775
WHAT WAS THE SHOT HEARD AROUND THE WORLD?
THE BATTLE OF CONCORD AND LEXINGTON
HE WAS VOTED COMMANDER IN CHIEF AT THE SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
GEORGE WASHINGTON
IN JANUARY OF 1776, THIS TALENTED AND SPIRITED BRITISH MAN WROTE THE PAMPHLET "COMMON SENSE"
THOMAS PAINE
WHO WERE THE INITIAL TWO MEN WHO SIGNED THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE?
JOHN HANCOCK AND CHARLES THOMPSON
WHAT DID THE DELEGATES PLEDGED WHEN THEY SIGNED THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE?
1. LIVES
2. FORTUNES
3. SACRED HONOR
IN THE SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS, HE WAS VOTED COMMANDER IN CHIEF
GEORGE WASHINGTON
THE SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS MET AT THIS HALL
INDEPENDENCE HALL
NAME THREE OF THE FIVE MEN SELECTED TO WRITE A NOTICE TO THE KING THAT LATER BECAME KNOWN AS THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
BEN FRANKLIN, JOHN ADAMAS, THOMAS JEFFERSON, ROGER SHERMAN, AND ROBERT LIVINGSTON
ON THIS DAY, THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE WAS READ ALOUD TO A CROWD OUTSIDE INDEPENDENCE HALL
JULY 8, 1776
THIS DELEGATE'S WIFE WAS TAKEN AS PRISONER WHILE HE WAS STILL AT THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
FRANCIS LEWIS
HE MOUNTED HIS HORSE TO WARN THE ORGANIZED MILITIA IN CONCORN, MASSACHUSETTS THAT THE BRITISH WERE COMING TO ATTACK
PAUL REVERE
HOW MANY DELEGATES SHOWED UP FOR THE SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS?
56
HOW LONG DID IT TAKE THOMAS JEFFERSON TO WRITE THE FIRST DRAFT OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE?
TWO WEEKS
ON THIS DAY WAS THE FINAL OFFICIAL VERSION OF THE DECLARATION PRESENTED TO JOHN HANCOCK AND ALL DELEGATES SIGNED IT AFTER HIM
AUGUST 2, 1776
AT THIS PLACE THE WAR WAS ESSENTIALLY OVER AFTER THE CONTINENTAL ARMY DEFEATED THE BRITISH IN OCTOBER OF 1781
YORKTOWN
HOW MANY COLONISTS WERE SHOT IN LEXINGTON BY THE BRITISH?
8
NAME OF DELEGATE WHO WROTE LETTER TO KING GEORGE III AS ONE LAST TRY TO AVOID WAR. HE BELIEVED COLONIES SHOULD STAY CONNECTED TO GREAT BRITAIN.
JOHN DICKINSON
THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE HAD TO DO WHAT TO MAJOR THINGS
1. EXPLAIN WHY THE COLONIES NEEDED TO BREAK AWAY FROM GREAT BRITAIN, AND
2. DESCRIBE WHAT THE NEW COUNTRY STOOD FOR
WHY WAS JOHN HANCOCK'S SIGNATURE SO BIG?
LEGEND SAYS HE WANTED THE KING TO SEE HIS NAME WITHOUT GLASSES
FREE POINTS
400
WHEN THE BRITISH SOLDIERS STARTED GOING BACK TO BOSTON AFTER BURNING DOWN HOUSES AND SHOPS, HOW MANY COLONISTS DID THEY ENCOUNTER HIDING BEHIND HOUSES,FENCES AND BUSHES?
MORE THAN 2000
DELEGATE FROM CONNECTICUT SENT TO FRANCE TO ASK FOR HELP AND MONEY TO FIGHT THE BRITISH
SILAS DEANE
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE INITIAL DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE PRESENTTED TO CONGRESS WAS TAKEN OUT AND WHY?
25% DUE TO THE STRONG ANTI-SLAVERY LANGUAGE
WHO SAID, "WE MUST ALL HANG TOGETHER, OR ASSURDLEY WE SHALL ALL HANG SEPARATELY"?
BEN FRANKLIN
WHEN WAS THE CONSTITUTION WRITTEN?
1787