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100
Name of the war between Great Britain and France that was fought over the Ohio River Valley
What is the French & Indian War?
100
3 branches of government
What are the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches?
100

Person who favored war against Britain

Who is a Patriot?

100
Known as the "Father of the Constitution"
Who is James Madison?
100

The Southern colonies included Georgia, the Carolinas, Maryland and this colony

What is Virginia?

200
The final battle of the Revolutionary War
What is the Battle at Yorktown?
200

What is the most important power of Congress

What is to make the nation's laws?

200
Leaders who wrote the framework for the US government
Who are the "Founding Fathers"?
200
The freedoms that the government promises to protect
What is the Bill of Rights?
200
Location of the 13 original colonies
What is along the Atlantic Ocean?
300
Place the "shot heard around the world" occurred
What is Lexington, Massachusetts?
300
Main role of the President of the United States
What is to execute or carry out the laws and to make treaties?
300
A feeling of love and devotion toward one's country
What is Patriotism?
300
Defines the principles and organization of the government
What is the Constitution?
300
The first successful British colony in the New World
What is Jamestown, Virginia?
400

Battle that became the turning point of the American Revolution

What is the Battle of Saratoga?

400
Order the federal court are organized (top to bottom)
What is the Supreme Court, Appeals Courts, and the District Courts
400
This person "took charge" during the "Starving Time" in Jamestown
Who is Captain John Smith?
400
The Bill of Rights became part of the Constitution through what process
What is Amendment Process?
400
John White returned to Roanoke and found this
What is the word "Croatoan" carved into a tree and the colonists had disappeared?
500
The historical significance of the Battles of Lexington and Concord
What is the fighting led to the Revolutionary War?
500
System where each branch of government has the right to check, or limit the actions of the other two
What is Checks and Balances?
500
A Prussian volunteer soldier who trained Washington's army at Valley Forge
Who is Barron Friedrich von Steuben?
500
The number of states that had to ratify the Constitution
What is 9?
500
Virginia's population changed after 1619 in what way
What is slaves and women arrived?