click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
4th Grade History
Question | Answer |
---|---|
Government | A group of people who keep law and order and make laws. |
American Revolution | the war between Great Britain and its American colonies, 1775-83, by which the colonies won their independence. |
continental congress | The legislative assembly composed of delegates from the rebel colonies who met during and after the American Revolution |
declaration of independence | Signed in 1776 by US revolutionaries; it declared the United States as a free state. |
George Washington | 1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799) |
Thomas Jefferson | 3rd President of the United States , He was a delegate from Virginia at the Second Continental Congress and wrote the Declaration of Independence. He later served as the third President of the United States. |
surrender | to give up |
Constitution | A written plan of government |
Bill of Rights | First 10 amendments to the Constitution |
First Amendment | 5 freedoms: speech, press, religion, assembly, petition |