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Am His Test 3 part 1
Am History Test 3
Question | Answer |
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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 |