Use pages 82 & 83 in the textbook to answer the questions below.
1781
1776
1871
1981
1492
A law that described the government in Britain
A story in an old newspaper
A law that described the first government of the United States
The clothes that the American colonists wore
A part of the government that makes the laws
A person that writes the laws
The highest law making body in Britain
There was no president
There were 2 presidents
There were no courts to solve the problems among the different states
There was a legislature, but it didn't have the power to tax people. It couldn't raise money.
Each state had its own money
True
False
Money people pay to the government
Money owed
People sent to a meeting to represent others
A time of great difficulty when change must come
Paul Revere
George Washington
Benjamin Franklin
Marquis de Lafayette
Daniel Shays
Asked for help from the British
Asked for help from the French
Asked for help from Spain
Asked for help from the federal government
Asked for help from the Native Americans
True
False
That they needed a weaker government
That they needed to pay their troops
That they needed a stronger government
That they needed to persecute all farmers
That they needed to call on the British for help
The central government that unites the states
A time of great difficulty when change must come
People sent to a meeting to represent others
The meeting that decided what should be in the Constitution
The First Continental Congress meeting was held
The Second Continental Congress meeting was held
The Battle of Yorktown
The Constitutional Convention took place
The British surrendered to General Washington
George Washington
James Madison
Benjamin Franklin
Alexander Hamilton
George Bush
Best Dance Crew
Founding Fathers
First Presidents
Redcoats
New Orleans Saints
True
False
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