Representatives are the people we send to speak for us in the government

Spies need to work quietly so the people they are watching don't see them.

The Declaration of Independence is a song that was written by the King of Great Britain.

The Stars and Stripes is the name given to a poem the American colonists wrote.

Washington, D.C. is the capital of the United States.

The President of the United States is a very important leader of our government.

When people receive justice, it means they are treated fairly.

The bald eagle is a national symbol for the King of Great Britain.

The letters of our alphabet are symbols for sounds we hear.

People usually get more freedoms, or rights as they get older.

Someone who is independent needs help to do everything.

The mountain climbers struggled to climb the very high mountain.

It is wise to go outside on a very cold day with short sleeves.

The Fourth of July is an important anniversary Americans celebrate every year.

There were thirteen colonies in North America.

The Declaration of Independence was written by Thomas Jefferson to declare independence from Great Britain.

The Boston Tea Party was a fancy party where the colonists and the King of Great Britain sat down and drank tea together.

Paul Revere made his ride to warn the colonists that the Redcoats were coming.

"One if by land, and two, if by sea" was a song that the Redcoats sang when they were marching.

The Fourth of July is a national holiday to celebrate the approval of the Declaration of Independence.

According to legend, Betsy Ross refused to make a flag for the new nation.

The "shot heard round the world" was the end of the fighting between the Minutemen and the Redcoats.

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.... " are the beginning words of the Declaration of Independence.

Our nation's capital, Washington, D.C., was named for Thomas Jefferson

Native Americans, African Americans, and women were not given the same freedoms that colonial men enjoyed in colonial America.

The original thirteen colonies became the first thirteen states of the United States of America.

I was commander in chief of the Continental Army that defeated the British army at Yorktown, winning the war for the Americans.

I invented many things, including bifocal glasses, the rocking chair, and the lightning rod.

I left Monticello to become the third president of the United States.

I loved spending time at Mount Vernon with my wife, Martha.

I wrote the Declaration of Independence.

I wrote these sayings and included them in my famous book, "Poor Richard's Almanack"

I was the first president of the United States of

America.