The American Revolution Begins Part 2

A document written in Philadelphia that listed all the reasons that the colonies wanted to be free.

• Declaration of Independence

• Bill of Rights

• Constitution

Another word for national

• federal

• government

• senate

Who was the first governor of North Carolina

• General George Washington

• Richard Caswell

What Battle did the British win?

• Battle of King Mountain

• Battle of Guilford Courthouse

• Battle of Pennsylvania

A written plan for government

• Declaration of Independence

• Bill of Rights

• Constitution

The people in Halifax County declared independence from Britain in April 1776. What did they sign?

• Bill of Rights

• Declaration of Independence

• Halifax Resolves

What were the 2 parts of government that NC set up?

• House of Representatives and Senate

• House of Representatives and federal

• House of Representatives and national

If NC signed the Bill of Rights in 1789 what year was it added to the constitution?

• 1789

• 1790

• 1791

• 1792

Who wrote the Constitution?

• General George Washington

• Representatives

• General Cornwallis

North Carolina was the first Colony to call for

• change

• government

• independence