Creating a New Nation

Money paid to a government is called ____________.

• income

• taxes

• profit

• items

The Boston Tea Party was a ____________ on Britain's tea tax.

• act

• war

• protest

• party

A person who loves and defends the country is called a ______________.

• revolution

• constitution

• friend

• patriot

The colonist worked hard to gain ______________, or freedom.

• food

• war

• independence

• constitution

A written plan of government that explains the beliefs and laws of a country is called a ______________.

• constitution

• revolution

• independence

• paper

When people want to take over the government that rules them, it's call a ________________.

• constitution

• revolution

• independence

• war

_________________ became general of the Continental Army.

• Samuel Adams

• Ben Franklin

• George Washington

• Paul Revere

Patriot ________________ rode his horse from Boston to Lexington to warn that the British were coming.

• Paul Revere

• Samuel Adams

• George Washington

• Ben Franklin

In 1776, ________________________ wrote the Declaration of Independence.

• Samuel Adams

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• Ben Franklin

The people elected ______________________ as our first president on February 4, 1789.

• Samuel Adams

• George Washington

• Ben Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson