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The law-making body of the British gpvernment
What is Parliament
100
A volunteer army
What is a militia
100
A representative
What is a delegate
100
The battle where George Washington led his soldiers across the Delaware River and won a surprise victory against the British.
What is the Battle of Trenton
100
The purpose of a legislature
What is to make laws
200
The act of speaking or acting for one person or for a group of people
What is representation
200
Something owed to someone else, often money
What is debt
200
A change or addition to the Constitution
What is an amendment
200
The battle where George Washington marched his soldiers north and east of Trenton and won a victory.
What is the Battle of Princeton
200
Were added to the Constitution to protect people's rights and freedoms.
What is the Bill of Rights
300
To refuse to buy a product
What is to boycott
300
A colonist who wanted independence from Britain
What is a Patriot
300
An agreement in which each side gives up some of its wants
What is a compromise
300
Why many colonists felt the British had no right to tax them.
What is they had no representation in Parliament.
300
The chief writer of the Declaration of Independence
What is Thomas Jefferson
400
A formal meeting of representatives
What is congress
400
A plan of government
What is a Constitution
400
A group of persons who make the laws of a nation or state.
What is legislature
400
Why the colonists decided to boycott British goods
What is the British passed new tax laws
400
The first president of the United States
What is George Washington
500
a sudden complete change of government
What is revolution
500
A colonist who remained loyal to the British king.
What is a Loyalist
500
To approve
What is to ratify
500
The result of the Battle of Monmouth Court House
What is neither side won the battle.
500
A Pennsylvania business leader who spoke before Parliament
What is Benjamin Franklin