Question 1

Answer 1

Thomas Jefferson wrote?

The Declaration of Independence

Question 2

Answer 2

The phrase Give me liberty or give me

death! was said by?

Patrick Henry

Question 3

Answer 3

Benjamin Franklin helped to create

what for the United States?

The postal system

Question 4

Answer 4

Before he was president James

Madison helped to create what?

The United States Constitution

Question 5

Answer 5
Samuel Adams

Who helped to start the American

Revolution by helping colonists oppose
the British in Massachusetts?

Question 6

Answer 6

Which 2 battles marked the beginning

of the American Revolution?

Lexington and Concord

Question 7

Answer 7

A popular saying around the time of

the American Revolution was?

No taxation without representation

Question 8

Answer 8

The Constitutional convention was

important to the development of the
United States because it led to the
replacement of?

The Articles of Confederation

Question 9

Answer 9

Who is sometimes known as the Father

of the Constitution?

James Madison

Question 10

Answer 10
Thomas Jefferson

Who wrote the Declaration of

Independence?

Question 11

Answer 11

The first battle of the American

Revolution was where?

Lexington, Massachusetts

Question 12

Answer 12

Who doubled the size of the United

States with the Louisiana Purchase?

Thomas Jefferson

Question 13

Answer 13

Who was the Revolutionary War

General in the colonial army?

George Washington

Question 14

Answer 14
The American colonists should unite
against Britain

What is the message in this cartoon?

Question 15

How did the event pictured above lead

us to a democracy?

Answer 15
Because the colonists did not like the
King being able to decide everything
himself, they decided they wanted a
say in their government. A
government where all people have a
say is called a democracy.

Question 16
Which event happened 1st?
The Treaty of Paris
The Battles of Lexington and Concord
The Stamp Act
The Boston Tea Party
Declaration of Independence
The Tea Act
Question 17
Which event happened after the
Stamp Act ?
The Treaty of Paris
The Battles of Lexington and Concord
The Stamp Act
The Boston Tea Party
Declaration of Independence
The Tea Act
Question 18
Which event happened after the
Boston Tea Party?
The Treaty of Paris
The Battles of Lexington and Concord
The Stamp Act
The Boston Tea Party
Declaration of Independence
The Tea Act
Question 19
Which event happened after the
Tea Act?
The Treaty of Paris
The Battles of Lexington and Concord
The Stamp Act
The Boston Tea Party
Declaration of Independence
The Tea Act
Question 20
Which event happened after the
Battles of Lexington and Concord?
The Treaty of Paris
The Battles of Lexington and Concord
The Stamp Act
The Boston Tea Party
Declaration of Independence
The Tea Act

Answer 16
The Treaty of Paris

Answer 17
The Tea Act

Answer 18
The Battles of Lexington and Concord

Answer 19
The Boston Tea Party

Answer 20
The signing of the Declaration of
Independence

Question 21

Question 21

How did people in colonial times feel

about women in the army?

The colonist felt it was inappropriate

for women to behave in a way only
men should behave such as a soldier.

Question 22

Question 22

What was a person called if they

wanted to remain under the control of
the King?

Loyalists

Question 23

Question 23

What was a person called if they did

not want to remain under the control
of the King?

Patriots

Question 24

Question 24

Before the English colonists went

ashore in 1620 and would become the
first framework of government
established in what is now America?

Mayflower Compact