colonial period
what is one reason colonists came to America?
freedom
freedom of religion
escape persecution
political liberty
what happened at the Constitutional Convention?
the Constitution was written
the Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution
who is the "Father of our country?"
George Washington
who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
American Indians
Native Americans
when was the Constitution written?
1787
name a war between the North and the South
the Civil War
what group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?
Africans
people from Africa
What is the Constitution?
supreme law of the land
main law of the land
highest law of the land
name one war fought by the US in the 1800s
War of 1812
Civil War
Spanish War
Mexican-American War
why did the colonists fight the British?
because of high taxes
because the British soldiers stayed in their houses
because they did not have self-government
what is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?
speech
religion
assembly
press
petition the government
who was the President during WW1?
Woodrow Wilson
who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
what is the highest law of the land?
the Constitution
who was the President during the great Depression and World War 2?
Franklin Roosevelt