Honor history Flash cards
Where was the last Battle of the Revolution fought, Who were fighting in it?
- Yorktown
- George Washington + Lord Cornwallis
How many years did G. Wahington serve and Brith PLace
8 years
Born in Virginia
Sam Adams:
How many years of service
Birthplace
4 years
Born in Massachusetts
Thomas Jeff:
How many years of service
Birthplace
8 years
Born in Virginia
James Maddison
How many years
Birthplace
8 years
Born in Virginia
James Monroe
Years of Service
Birthplace
8 years
born in Virginia
John Quincy Adams
Years served
Birthplace
4 years
Massachusettes
Andrew Jackson
Years served
Birthplace
8 years
Virginia
Who founded the Sons of Liberty?
Samuel Adams
What did John Witherspoon do?
- Minister
- Professor in a seminary
- Was concerned with how laws coincided with Biblical Mandate
What did Robert Morris Do?
- Saved America from financial ruin
What did John Jay do?
- ## First chief justice of the Supreme Court
How was America run before the Constitution?
It was run by the Articles of Confederation
- no president
- States made their own money
- Taxed other states’ goods
What was GW’s greatest fear?
Dying young and not giving up power
What was the start of the Massachusetts Rebellion and the outcome?
- Farmers couldn’t pay taxes in goods anymore. They couldn’t pay taxes cause they had no gold or silver
- So they surrounded the courthouse and didn’t let any judges in so they wouldn’t get taxed.