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The colonists came to America for many reasons. Name one .
Freedom
Political liberty
Religious freedom
Economic opportunity
Escape persecution
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
(Thomas) Jefferson
The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers.
(James) Madison
(Alexander) Hamilton
(John) Jay
Publius
Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
American Indians
Native Americans
When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
July 4, 1776
Why were the Federalist Papers important?
They helped people understand the
(U.S.) Constitution.
They supported passing the (U.S.) Constitution.
What group of people was taken and sold as slaves?
Africans
People from Africa
The American Revolution had many important events. Name one .
(Battle of) Bunker Hill
Declaration of Independence
Washington Crossing the Delaware (Battle of Trenton)
(Battle of) Saratoga
Valley Forge (Encampment)
(Battle of) Yorktown (British surrender at Yorktown)*
Benjamin Franklin is famous for many things. Name one .
Founded the first free public libraries
First Postmaster General of the United States
Helped write the Declaration of Independence
Inventor
U.S. diplomat
What war did the Americans fight to win independence from Britain?
American Revolution
The (American) Revolutionary War
War for (American) Independence
There were 13 original states. Name five .
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
George Washington is famous for many things. Name one .
“Father of Our Country”
First president of the United States
General of the Continental Army
President of the Constitutional Convention
Name one reason why the Americans declared independence from Britain.
High taxes
Taxation without representation
British soldiers stayed in Americans’ houses
(boarding, quartering)
They did not have self-government Boston Massacre
Boston Tea Party (Tea Act)
Stamp Act
Sugar Act
Townshend Acts
Intolerable (Coercive) Acts
What founding document was written in 1787?
(U.S.) Constitution
Thomas Jefferson is famous for many things. Name one .
Writer of the Declaration of Independence
Third president of the United States
Doubled the size of the United States (Louisiana
Purchase)
First Secretary of State Founded the University of Virginia
Writer of the Virginia Statute on Religious Freedom*