A: AMERICAN HISTORY - Colonial Period and Independence Flashcards
1
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- What is one reason colonists came to America?
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freedom political liberty religious freedom economic opportunity practice their religion escape persecution
2
Q
- Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
A
American Indians
Native Americans
3
Q
- What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?
A
Africans
people from Africa
4
Q
- Why did the colonists fight the British?
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because of high taxes (taxation without representation)
because the British army stayed in their houses (boarding, quartering)
because they didn?t have self-government
5
Q
- Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
A
(Thomas) Jefferson
6
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- When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
A
July 4, 1776
7
Q
- There were 13 original states. Name three.
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Order State Date of Entry into the Union 1 Delaware December 7, 1787 2 Pennsylvania December 12, 1787 3 New Jersey December 18, 1787 4 Georgia January 2, 1788 5 Connecticut January 9, 1788 6 Massachusetts February 6, 1788 7 Maryland April 28, 1788 8 South Carolina May 23, 1788 9 New Hampshire June 21, 1788 10 Virginia June 25, 1788 11 New York July 26, 1788 12 North Carolina November 21, 1789 13 Rhode Island May 29, 1790
8
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- What happened at the Constitutional Convention?
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The Constitution was written.
The Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution.
9
Q
- When was the Constitution written?
A
1787
10
Q
- The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers.
A
KB) (James) Madison (Alexander) Hamilton (John) Jay Publius
11
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- What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for? Question 68 Audio (MP3, 440 KB)
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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
12
Q
- Who is the “Father of Our Country”?
A
(George) Washington
13
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- Who was the first President?*
A
KB)
(George) Washington
