You can practice any religion, or not practice a religion
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8. What did the Declaration of Independence do?
announced our independence from Great Britain
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9. What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?
Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness
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58. What is one reason colonists came to America?
they wanted religious freedom
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61. Why did the colonists fight the British?
high taxes
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62. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
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63. When was the Declaration of Independence written?
July 4, 1776
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64. There were 13 original colonies. Name three.
New Hampshire Massachusetts Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
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69. Who is the "Father of Our Country"?
George Washington
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59. Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
Native Americans
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60. What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?
Africans
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52. What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance?
