4th Grade Social Studies
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| Wat was the war for freedom from 1775-1781. Between England and the American Colonies? | American Revolution
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| What did the PA Dutch make to hold many pounds of goods? | Conestoga Wagon
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| What is the word that means being faithful to a government? | loyal
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| Steps to the American Revolution - Step One | New York
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| Steps to the American Revolution - Step Two | Philadelphia
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| Steps to the American Revolution - Step Three | Trenton
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| Steps to the American Revolution - Step Four | Crossing of the Delaware
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| When was Washington's first victory? | Christmas
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| Who are people chosen to represent their state at a convention? | delegates
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| What is a group of people who get together for the same reason? | convention
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| What is the name of added changes to the constitution? | amendments
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| What was our first written plan of government? | Articles of Confederation
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| Where did the Constitutional Convention occur? | Philadelphia
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| Who represented Pennsylvania at the Constitutional Convention | Benjamin Franklin and Gov. Morris
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| What are the 2 parts of Legislative Government? | House of Representatives and Senate
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| Name PA's Senators | Arlen Spector and Robert Casey, Jr.
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| Which state was the first state to sign the Constitution? | Delaware
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| Who was Friedrich von Steuben? | a German Army officer who volunteered to train Washington's army for free. His help made a difference.
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| For what was Valley Forge well known? | It was the place where Washington's army camped for the winter in season of 1777-1778
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| What caused many soldiers to die at Valley Forge? | disease and infection
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| Who was Mary Hays | a Carlisle woman who followed her husband into battle and took his post at the cannon when he was injured.
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| Who was Molly Pitcher? | Molly Pitcher was the nickname for Mary Hays because she carried pitchers of water to the troops on hot days.
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| Who was Sarah Bache? | The daughter of Benjamin Franklin. She organized over 2,000 women to sew clothing for the troops.
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| Who won the American Revolution | the 13 American Colonies
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| How did Benjamin Franklin help win the war? | He got the French King to loan America money
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| Why was the Conestoga Wagon important to win the war | it could haul heavy supplies to the American Army
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| Who was James Madison? | He was a man from Virginia called "the father of the United States Constitution"
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| How are states represented in the House of Representatives? | the number of representatives is determined by population.
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| How are states represented in the Senate | there are 2 senators for every state.
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| How did the writers of the Constitution ensure that the Government of our country could grow and change? | They provided the ability to make amendments
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| What are amendments? | Changes to the Constitution that must be approved by 3 out of 4 of the states.
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| What is the Bill of Rights? | a list of freedoms promised to American citizens by our government.
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| What are the first 10 amendments to the Constitution called? | The Bill of Rights
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| How many amendments have been added to our Constitution? | 17
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| Who was our first president? | George Washington
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| Was this a strength or weakness of the Articles of Confederation: no central government | weakness
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| Was this a strength or weakness of the Articles of Confederation:no power to build an army | weakness
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| Was this a strength or weakness of the Articles of Confederation:no way to make people obey the law | weakness
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| Was this a strength or weakness of the Articles of Confederation:no way to make and collect taxes | weakness
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| Was this a strength or weakness of the Articles of Confederation:a written plan for government | strength
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| Was this a strength or weakness of the Articles of Confederation:no way to solve arguments among the states | weakness
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| Where was our country's FIRST capital? | New York City
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| Where was our country's SECOND capital? | Philadelphia
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| Where is our country's THIRD and current capital? | Washington, DC
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