Government 2
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- A promise to be loyal and to support the government of the United States is ?
- Pledge of Allegiance
- Who convinced France to help the United States in the Revolutionary War? He also offered to pay for all the tea that was dumped into the Boston Harbor.
- Benjamin Franklin
- The first Preident of the United States was ?
- George Washington
- A list of our country's most important rights and freedoms that was added to the constitution is ?
- Bill of Rights
- What war was fought by the American colonies to end British rule?
- American Revolution
- Money people pay to support the government is ?
- Tax
- The leader of the United States government is ?
- President
- A book that comes out every year with information on many different subjects in called?
- Almanac
- The plan of government for the United States that explains what the different parts of government are and outlines the most important laws is?
- Constitution
- An agreement reached when each side gives up some demands is ?
- Compromise
- A document written by Thomas Jefferson in 1776 that explains why the colonists had decided to free themselves from England is ?
- Declaration of Independence
- The capital of the United States is ?
- Washington, D.C.
- A place where the government of a state or country is located is ?
- Capital
- The part of the United States government that makes laws for our country is ?
- Congress
- Who was the first President to live in the White House?
- John Adams
- Anything such as a monument or holiday that is set aside to remember a person or event is ?
- Memorial
- A part of the American government that makes sure laws follow the constitution is ?
- Supreme Court
- Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? He died on July 4th, fifty years after the Declaration of Independence was written.
- Thomas Jefferson
- The place where the President lives is called the ?
- White House
- To choose by voting is to ?
- Elect