| Question |
Answer |
| Keystone |
a wedge shaped stone |
| tax |
money that is paid for services provided by the government |
| First Continental Congress |
first meeting of colonial leaders in Philadelphia 1774 |
| Second Continental Congress |
meeting of colonial leaders held in Philadelphia in 1775 |
| Declaration of Independence |
written statement that said the American colonies were independent and free from England. |
| What are 2 nicknames for Pennsylvania |
The Keystone State The Quaker State |
| When was the Declaration of Independence written? |
1776 |
| Who were the father's of the Declaration of Independence? |
Thomas JeffersonBenjamin FranklinJohn Adams |
| When was the First Continental Congress? |
1774 |
| When was the Second Continental Congress? |
1775 |
| What caused the founding father's to form the First Continental Congress? |
Excessive taxes by the English |
| How did PA become known as the Quaker State? |
PA's founding father, William Penn, was a Quaker. |
| How did PA become known as the Keystone State? |
Philadelphia became the location where the 13 colonies united to initiate their freedom from England. |
| What were the results of the First Continental Congress? |
colonists stopped buying English goodscolonists stopped buying tea to stop the king from passing more taxes. |
| What was the result of the Second Continent Congress |
The colonies would go to war to break free from England. |
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