Civics
Who is the current President of the United States?
Joe Biden
This person is known for being a spy, a silversmith, and his famous phrase, "The British are coming!"
Paul Revere
Stamp Act
George Washington
A small army made up of ordinary citizens who are available to fight in an emergency.
Militia
What is a freedom or right given by the first amendment?
Speech, Religion, Assembly, Press, Petition the Government
The African-Native American man who was the first man to die in the Boston Massacre, also considered the first death in the Revolutionary War
Crispus Attucks
This act required colonists to house British soldiers.
Quartering Act
This man was the first Secretary of State.
A refusal to buy or use goods and services.
Boycott
Name two National US holidays.
New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Presidents' Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day
This person is known for writing the Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Jefferson
This act taxed all paper, glass, paint, and tea products.
Townshend Acts
This man was the first Secretary of Treasury.
Alexander Hamilton
The unjust use of government power.
Tyranny
When was the Constitution written?
1787
Known for his famous line of "Give me liberty or give me death!"
Patrick Henry
This company was the only one allowed to sell tea in the British colonies.
British East India Company
This man was the first Secretary of War.
Henry Knox
What are the unalienable rights that are granted to the people by birth?
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
Who is the current Speaker of the House?
Kevin McCarthy
This person told their troops at Bunker Hill not to fire until they could see the whites of their eyes
Israel Putnam
Isaac Davis
William Prescott
This was the name given to the acts to punish the colonies after the Boston Tea Party.
Intolerable Acts
Hamilton and Jefferson led these two early political parties.
Federalists and Republicans
A form of government in which citizens choose their leaders by voting.
Republic
Constitution-based federal republic
Representative democracy