A: Colonial Period and Independence

Question 1

73. The colonists came to America for many reasons. Name one.

Answer 1

• Freedom
• Escape persecution
• Political liberty
• Religious freedom
• Economic opportunity

Question 2

74. Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived? *

Answer 2

• American Indians

* Native Americans

Question 3

75. What group of people was taken and sold as slaves?

Answer 3

• Africans

* People from Africa

Question 4

76. What war did the Americans fight to win Independence from Britain?

Answer 4

• American Revolution
• The (American) Revolutionary War
• War for (American) Independence

Question 5

77. Name one reason why the Americans declared independence from Britain.

Answer 5

• 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

Question 6

78. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? *

Answer 6

Thomas Jefferson

Question 7

79. When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?

Answer 7

July 4th 1776

Question 8

80. The American Revolution had many important events. Name one.

Answer 8

• 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

Question 9

81. There were 13 original states. Name FIVE

Answer 9

* New York
• New Jersey
• Maryland
• Virginia
• North Carolina 
• South Carolina
• New Hampshire 
• Massachusetts 
• Rhode Island
• Connecticut
• Pennsylvania
• Delaware
• Georgia

Question 10

82. What founding document was written in 1787?

Answer 10

• (U.S.) Constitution

Question 11

83. The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers.

Answer 11

• (James) Madison
• (Alexander) Hamilton
• (John) Jay
• Publius

Question 12

84. Why were the Federalist Papers important?

Answer 12

• They helped people understand the (U.S.) Constitution.

* They supported passing the (U.S.) Constitution.

Question 13

85. Benjamin Franklin is famous for many things. Name one.

Answer 13

• Founded the first free public libraries
  • First Postmaster General of the United States
  • Helped write the Declaration of Independence • Inventor
  • U.S. diplomat

Question 14

86. George Washington is famous for many things. Name one. *

Answer 14

• “Father of Our Country”
• First president of the United States
• General of the Continental Army
• President of the Constitutional Convention

Question 15

87. Thomas Jefferson is famous for many things. Name ONE

Answer 15

• 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

Question 16

88. James Madison is famous for many things. Name one.

Answer 16

• “Father of the Constitution”
• Fourth president of the United States
• President during the War of 1812
• One of the writers of the Federalist Papers

Question 17

89. Alexander Hamilton is famous for many things. Name one.

Answer 17

• First Secretary of the Treasury
• One of the writers of the Federalist Papers
* Helped establish the first bank of the United States
* Aide to General George Washington
• Member of the Continental Congress