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  • 65. What happened at the Constitutional Convention?
    The Constitution was written
  • 87. Name one American Indian tribe in the United States
    Cherokee, Navajo, Sioux, Chippewa, Pueblo, Apache, Cheyenne
  • 52. What do we show loyalty to when we say the Pledge of Allegiance?
    the flag
  • 10. What is freedom of religion?
    You can practice any religion or not practice religion
  • 67. The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the US Constitution. Name one of the writers.
    Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay
  • 61. Why did the colonists fight the British?
    high taxes
  • 2. What does the Constitution do?
    establishes the government, protects the rights of the people
  • 62. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
    Thomas Jefferson
  • 9. What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?
    Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
  • 8. What did the Declaration of Independence do?
    declared our independence from England
  • 66. When was the Constitution written?
    1787
  • 63. When was the Declaration of Independence written?
    July 4, 1776
  • 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
  • 3. The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words?
    We the People
  • 69. Who is the "Father of Our Country"?
    George Washington
  • 58. What is one reason colonists came to America?
    freedom, religious freedom, political freedom
  • 1. What is the supreme law of the land?
    the constitution