freedom • political liberty • religious freedom • economic opportunity • practice their religion • escape persecution
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Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
American Indians • Native Americans
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What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?
Africans • people from Africa
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Why did the colonists fight the British?
because of high taxes (taxation without representation) • because the British army stayed in their houses (quartering)• because they didn’t have self-government
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Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
(Thomas) Jefferson
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When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
July 4, 1776
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There were 13 original states. Name three.
New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georg
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What happened at the Constitutional Convention?
The Constitution was written. • The Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution.
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When was the Constitution written?
1787
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The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers.
(James) Madison • (Alexander) Hamilton • (John) Jay • Publius
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What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?
US diplomat, oldest member of the Constitutional Convention, first Postmaster General of the US, writer of Poor Richard’s Almanac, started first free libraries
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Who is the “Father of Our Country”?
(George) Washington
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Who was the first President?
(George) Washington
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What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?
the Louisiana Territory
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Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s.
War of 1812 • Mexican-American War • Civil War • Spanish-American War
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Name the U.S. war between the North and the South.
