1. U.S. History Basics of Early America
A TEST OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE
(You were supposed to have learned all this in middle school – let’s see how much you remember!)

2. What pamphlet by Thomas Paine convinced many Americans that it was right to declare independence from Great Britain?
Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?
What famous site was the winter camp for George Washington’s Continental Army in ?
What was the site of the first battle of the Revolutionary War?
What battle was the turning point of the Revolutionary War?

3. 6. This famous painting depicts what key moment in early American history?

4. 7. What was the last major battle of the Revolutionary War (the one where the Americans defeated the British and won the war)?
8. What was the United States’ first government (before the Constitution was adopted)?
9. President Washington’s response to what taxpayer revolt proved that the new federal government had the will and the power to enforce its laws?
10. What was added to the Constitution to protect individual and state rights from government tyranny?

5. 11. At the Constitutional Convention, the Great Compromise was made to create which branch of the federal government?
12. What 1803 agreement nearly doubled the size of the United States?
13. What presidential decree in 1823 ordered that no new European colonies could be created in the Western Hemisphere?
14. What country did the U.S. fight in the War of 1812?
15. What battle resulted in America’s most famous victory of the War of 1812, but took place after the war had officially ended?