Chapter 4 Part 2

Leaders agreed to declare independence on July 4th

• 1775

• 1776

• 1783

Great Britain agreed to peace, the war was over, and the United States was its own country

• 1783

• 1787

• 1789

The Revolutionary War began

• 1775

• 1776

• 1783

George Washington became the country's first president

• 1783

• 1787

• 1789

Leaders met in Philadelphia to write the United States Constitution

• 1776

• 1787

• 1789

The Constitution is a plan for the

• soldiers

• colonists

• government

Today our Constitution protects the freedom of

• men

• all Americans

• women

• Native Americans

Thomas Jefferson and other leaders wrote this in 1775 while fighting for their independence from British rule

• US Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

This person led the American troops in the Revolutionary War

• Thomas Jefferson

• Benjamin Franklin

• George Washington

This person signed the Declaration of Independence and helped to write the US Constitution

• Benjamin Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington