Happy Fourth of July

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  1. 2. Then conquer we must, for our cause it is just, and this be our _______: "In God is our trust."
  2. 5. Colonial __________ were the primary defense force in the 13 American colonies
  3. 7. Known as the Father of the US Constitution and the fourth president of the United States
  4. 9. “Ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country.” – President _______ ___ ____________.
  5. 10. First permanent English colony in North American was _____________.
  6. 13. Publisher of Poor Richard’s Almanack
  7. 15. Place where President Abraham Lincoln gave his famous address
  8. 16. George Washington was appointed commander‑in‑chief of the ____________ Army in 1775
  9. 17. The U.S. Constitution was signed on September 17, 1787, at the Constitutional Convention in _________________.
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  1. 1. The only two presidents to serve nonconsecutive terms are President Donald Trump and _____________ _______________
  2. 3. Sewed the first American flag
  3. 4. The ______________ Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified in 1913 and gave Congress the power to levy federal income tax
  4. 6. “Listen, my children, and you shall hear / Of the midnight ride of _______ _________” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1860
  5. 8. “If a man does his best, what else is there?” – US General ________, WWII
  6. 11. The Battles of __________ and Concord on April 19, 1775, marked the beginning of the American Revolutionary War.
  7. 12. Alabama’s state motto: “We dare defend our _________.”
  8. 14. The __________ purchase doubled the size of the United States in 1803