Colonial America & Revolution
What is one reason colonists came to America?
Freedom, political liberty, religious freedom, economic opportunity, practice their religion, escape persecution
Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
Native Americans, American Indian
What is the supreme law of the land?
The Constitution
Who came to the Americas before the Colonists?
Christopher Columbus
What did Christopher Columbus call Native Americans?
American Indians
What is one reason why the colonists fought the British?
Because of high taxes (taxation without representation), because the British army stayed in their houses (boarding, quartering), because they didn’t have self-government
Name one American Indian tribe in the United States.
Cherokee, Navajo, Sioux, Chippewa, Choctaw, Pueblo, Apache, Iroquois, Creek, Blackfeet, Seminole, Cheyenne, Arawak, Shawnee, Mohegan, Huron, Oneida, Lakota, Crow, Teton, Hopi, Inuit
What does the Constitution do?
Sets up the government, defines the government, protects basic rights of Americans
The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers.
James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, Publius
There were 13 original states. Name three.
New York, New Jersey, Virginia, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Delaware, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Maryland
What did the Declaration of Independence do?
Announced our independence (from Great Britain), declared our independence (from Great Britain), said that the United States is free (from Great Britain)
What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?
African people, Africans
The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words?
We the People
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
Name two national U.S. holidays.
New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Presidents’ Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas
What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?
Life, liberty, pursuit of happiness
Who is the “Father of Our Country”?
George Washington
What is an amendment?
A change (to the Constitution), an addition (to the Constitution)
What happened at the Constitutional Convention?
The Constitution was written, The Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution
When was the Constitution written?
1787
When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
July 4th, 1776
Who was the first president?
George Washington
How many amendments does the Constitution have?
Twenty-seven (27)
What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?
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 do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
The Bill of Rights