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Am His Test 3 part 1
Am History Test 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| George Washington's vice president; 2nd President of the United States | John Adams |
| "Father of the Constitution;" 4th President of the United States | James Madison |
| President of the Constitutional Convention; 1st President of the United States | George Washington |
| Wise statesman, publisher & inventor; Prayed each morning before the Constitutional Convention | Benjamin Franklin |
| George Washington's Secretary of State; 3rd President of the United States | Thomas Jefferson |
| Declaration of Independence adopted by the Continental Congress on this Date | July 4, 1776 |
| First 10 Amendments to the Constitution; lists specific rights that are protected | Bill of Rights |
| First capital of the US | New York City |
| Supported strong, central government | Federalists |
| Opposed strong, central government | Anti-Federalists |
| Farmers shutting down courthouses in order to keep their farms from foreclosure | Shay's Rebellion |
| 1st Secretary of the Treasury | Alexander Hamilton |
| 1st document framing our nations government; central government subject to state government | Constitution |
| Equal Representation plus Representation based on population | Connecticut Compromise |
| Freedom of Press, Religion, and Speech | First Amendment |
| Freedom to Keep & Bear Arms | Second Amendment |
| Introduction to the Constitution; states the purpose | Preamble |
| I-VII; establishes the 3 branches of government in the Constitution | Articles |
| First ten amendments to the Constitution | Bill of Rights |
| British song played, "The World Turned Upside Down" | Cornwallis' surrender at Yorktown |
| Don't shoot until you see the whites of their eyes | Battle of Bunker Hill |
| I have not yet begun to fight! | John Paul Jones |
| I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death! | Patrick Henry |
| I prefer peace, But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so my children can live in peace. | Thomas Paine |
| I regret that I have but one life to lose for my country. | Nathan Hale |
| Recognized the colonies as "free, sovereign, and independent States: | King George III |
| The British are coming! | Paul Revere |
| We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights... | Declaration of Independence |
| Name the 3 branches of government | Legislative, Executive, and Judicial |
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