1. Bingo: Meadow Style

2. The US Constitution is signed this year.

3. Year of the Louisiana Purchase

4. Time period of the Civil War

5. Year Jamestown is founded

6. The Declaration of Independence is signed this year

7. The first U.S. constitution – drafted in 1781. It didn’t work so well…

8. Agreement on how the Pilgrims would govern themselves – a first! (1620)

9. A breakup letter to Great Britain in 1776. (It’s not you, it’s me.)

10. First 10 Amendments to the Constitution

11. This is considered the first written constitution in America

12. A form of government where the people vote for representatives

13. Power is separated between the state and federal governments

14. System that allows each branch to overrule another if an action is unconstitutional

15. A term that means “to keep the government small” and allows citizens more control

16. Government gets it’s power from the consent of the people

17. 3 rd President of the U.S. – main author of the Declaration of Independence

18. Famous Secretary of the Treasury – shot by Aaron Burr

19. Famous revolutionary that rode through Boston warning of a British invasion

20. British General that surrendered at Yorktown

21. King of England during the Revolutionary War

22. Term that means “to approve of” or “to validate” (the Constitution)

23. Term that means “a change in power” (from British to American, in this case)

24. Term that means “to take back or cancel a law”

25. A form of protest that urges people not to buy things or services

26. A tax on an imported good