Chapter 3, Lesson 6

Explain why people became Patriots. (What did they want?)

What was included in the three parts of the Declaration of Independence? (Choose 3)

• All people have rights.

• Good things that the king had done

• Complaints against the king

• The colonies were free and independent and not part of Great Britain.

​ (a)   decided to build the new capital at a place they called the Federal City. ​ (b)   surveyed, or measured, the land to figure out its border. In 1971, a Frenchman named ​ (c)   designed Washington D.C. Washington D.C. is named after ​ (d)  

• Lawmakers
• Benjamin Banneker
• Pierre L'Enfant
• George Washington

Sequence the events below in the order of the year they happened.

(1763, 1765, 1775, 1787)

• Great Britain passes the Stamp Act.

• The U.S. Constitution is completed.

• The French and Indian War ends.

• Paul Revere rides to Lexington.

Match each vocabulary word to the correct definition.

• part of government that makes laws

• patriot

• money paid to a government

• tax

• one who loves and defends their country

• legislature

• complain

• protest

Match each vocabulary word to the correct definition.

• to take over the government

• revolution

• written plan of government

• independence

• freedom

• constitution