Declaration of Independence
▪ announced our independence (from Great Britain) ▪ declared our independence (from Great Britain) ▪ said that the United States is free (from Great Britain)
What did the Declaration of Independence do?
freedom ▪ political liberty ▪ religious freedom ▪ economic opportunity ▪ practice their religion ▪ escape persecution
What is one reason colonists came to America?
▪ the Louisiana Territory ▪ Louisiana
What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?
▪ life ▪ liberty ▪ pursuit of happiness
What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?
American Indians ▪ Native Americans
Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
▪ (George) Washington
Who is the “Father of Our Country”?
or
Who was the first President?*
▪ War of 1812 ▪ Mexican-American War ▪ Civil War ▪ Spanish-American War
Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s.
▪ (Thomas) Jefferson
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
▪ Africans ▪ people from Africa
What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?
▪ (George) Washington
Who is the “Father of Our Country”?
or
Who was the first President?*
▪ the Civil War ▪ the War between the States
Name the U.S. war between the North and the South.
▪ July 4, 1776
When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
▪ because of high taxes (taxation without representation) ▪ because the British army stayed in their houses (boarding, quartering) ▪ because they didn’t have self-government
Why did the colonists fight the British?
▪ Cherokee ▪ Navajo ▪ Sioux ▪ Chippewa ▪ Choctaw ▪ Pueblo ▪ Apache ▪ Iroquois ▪ Creek ▪ Blackfeet ▪ Seminole ▪ Cheyenne ▪ Arawak ▪ Shawnee ▪ Mohegan ▪ Huron ▪ Oneida ▪ Lakota ▪ Crow ▪ Teton ▪ Hopi ▪ Inuit
Name one American Indian tribe in the United States.
▪ slavery ▪ economic reasons ▪ states’ rights
Name one problem that led to the Civil War.
▪ freed the slaves ▪ freed slaves in the Confederacy ▪ freed slaves in the Confederate states ▪ freed slaves in most Southern states
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
▪ July 4
When do we celebrate Independence Day?*
▪ New Hampshire ▪ Massachusetts ▪ Rhode Island ▪ Connecticut ▪ New York ▪ New Jersey ▪ Pennsylvania ▪ Delaware ▪ Maryland ▪ Virginia ▪ North Carolina ▪ South Carolina ▪ Georgia
There were 13 original states. Name three.
▪ U.S. diplomat ▪ oldest member of the Constitutional Convention ▪ first Postmaster General of the United States ▪ writer of “Poor Richard’s Almanac” ▪ started the first free libraries
What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?
▪ freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation) ▪ saved (or preserved) the Union ▪ led the United States during the Civil War
What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did?*
▪ fought for women’s rights ▪ fought for civil rights
What did Susan B. Anthony do?