On what country did the colonies in America declare a war? - The colonies in America declare a war on Great Britain.
What country won the Revolutionary War? When was it? - America won the Revolutionary war in 1783.
What problem did the young country face after the war? - They had a problem: they needed one strong national government.
Where was the US Constitution written? Who wrote it? - The US Constitution was written in 1787 by the representatives of the US states.
Why can the US government be compared with a tree? - The US government like a tree with a strong trunk and the three branches. The trunk is the people. It holds up the tree: without the support of people there can be no government.
What is the US Congress? How is it divided? How many people does each state send to the Senate? Does the number of senators depend on the size of the state? - The US Congress is a meeting of representatives fromm all states. It is divided into two parts, the Senate and the House of Representatives. Each state sends two people to the Senate. The number of senators doesn't depend on the size of the state.
Do all states send people to the House of Representatives? What does the number of people depend on? - Yes, all states send people to the House of Representatives. The number of the congressmen from each state depends on the number of people who live in the state.
A Strange Will
After dinner that evening the lawyer went into his office and unlocked a cupboard. He took out an envelope. It contained the doctor's will, and was written in his own handwriting.
"If I die, or if I disappear for more than three months," the will began, "I wish to leave everything I own to my dear friend Edward Jackson."
To the lawyer it was an unusual and dangerous kind of will. It was bad enough when Edward Jackson was only an unknown name, but now that the lawyer knew something about Jackson, the will worried him more than ever.
It had seemed like madness before, now it began to seem shameless.
With a heavy heart he replaced the envelope in the cupboard.