Discontent in the British Colonies
Great Britain forced the________ Act on Americans which made them have to pay money every time they had sugar or molasses shipped to them.
colonists ready to fight Britain on a minute’s notice.
On ________ _, ____Continental Congress signed Declaration of Independence.
July 4th, 1776
There were this many states when America formed the Constitution...
13
He was elected first president of the United States in 1789.
George Washington
The next act Great Britian imposed on the Colonists was the ________ Act which made colonists pay taxes to Britain every time they bought newspapers, dice, pamphlets, or playing cards.
The Stamp Act
Paul Revere and William Laws alerted Colonists “The_______are coming, the __________ are coming!”
British
British landed 30,000 troops in New York. Colonists only had _________ soldiers left.
3,000
Delegates from all the states arrived in this city in 1787 at Independence Hall.
Philadelphia
John Adams
The _______ ___________ was the first time that the British troops shot at their colonist.
Boston Massacre
2nd Continental congress named ___________ ________________ Commander of Colonist’s Army.
George Washington
On this holiday in 1776, Washington led a surprise attack against the British.
Christmas
For the Legislative Branch, they planned to have 2 houses in Congress: the ______ and the _____.
House and Senate
The temporary capital city where Washington was sworn in as President
New York
In 1773, sixty men dumped 342 bags of tea into the Boston Harbor known as The _________ ___ _________.
The Boston Tea Party
Thomas Paine published “_______ ________,” stating America should gain full freedom from Great Britain.
Common Sense
1781, Washington cornered the British at Yorktown and British General__________ surrendered.
Cornwallis
In the Executive Branch, __________ would be able to stop Congress if they got out of hand.
President
The president appointed this many men in his cabinet -
4
This made parliament furious, so they passed the ____ _________ ______, colonists responded with their first continental congress.
The Tolerable Acts
_______ __________ was 1st colony to declare their independence.
Rhode Island
In _______, Great Britain signed an agreement that Colonists were their own free nation.
1783
The Judicial Branch is comprised of _________ who are chosen by the President but approved by Congress.
Name the members of Washington's cabinet
Thomas Jefferson- Secretary of State
Alexander Hamilton - Secretary of Treasury
Henry Knox - Secretary of War
Attorney General - Edmund Randolph