Trips taken by a group of people to explore a new place
Expeditions
What job did George Washington do that helped prepare him for the French and Indian War?
Surveyor
Someone who designs a building is called an....
Architect
What did Thomas Jefferson suggest the United States use for money?
Dollar bills and coins
Someone who collects information secretly from an enemy country is a....
spy
The Declaration of Independence was approved on.....
July 4, 1776
The first 10 amendments to the United States Constitution
Bill of Rights
This was a meeting in which the colonies chose to declare their independence form England and from an army whose leader would be George Washington
Second Continental Congress
Purchase of land from France that doubled the size of the United States; called the Louisiana Territory
Louisiana Purchase
What was the meeting called where the Consititution was written?
Constitutional Convention
The first written plan of government for the United States was the....
Articles of Confederation
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
Who was the first president of the United States?
George Washington
This person was a leader of the American Revolution who spoke out against the British
Patrick Henry
Someone who measures land and draw maps is a.....
Surveyor
The first African-American double spy was....
James Armistead
Patrick Henry said "Give me ....... or give me .....!"
Give me liberty, or give me death!
Who fought during the French and Indian War?
France and the British
Thomas Jefferson founded the University of....
Virginia
Thomas Jefferson's home was called....
Monticello
A person whose job is to give help to others with laws and to speak for them in court before a judge
Lawyer
Who was the third president of the United States?
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington's home was called....
Mount Vernon
How many men signed their name to the Declaration of Independence?
fifty-six
Someone who gives help of information to an enemy country
Traitor
Who was the first commander-in-chief of the American Army?
George Washington