America History

Question 1

What is one reason colonists came to America?

Answer 1

1.) Freedom
2.) Religious freedom

Question 2

Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?

Answer 2

• American Indians
• Native Americans

Question 3

What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?

Answer 3

• Africans
• People from Africa

Question 4

Why did the colonists fight the British?

Answer 4

1.) High taxes (taxation without representation)
2.) The British army stayed in their houses (boarding/quartering)
3.) They didn’t have self-government

Question 5

Who wrote the Declaration of Independece?

Answer 5

Thomas Jefferson

Question 6

When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?

Answer 6

July 4, 1776

Question 7

There were 13 original states Name 3

Answer 7

1.) Georgia
2.) Pennsylvania
3.) New York

Question 8

What happened at the Constitutional Convention?

Answer 8

1.) The Constitution was written
2.) The Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution

Question 9

When was the Constitution written?

Answer 9

1787

Question 10

The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name 1 of the writers

Answer 10

Alexander Hamilton

Question 11

What is 1 thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?

Answer 11

U.S. diplomat

Question 12

Who is the “Father of Our Country”?

Answer 12

George Washington

Question 13

Who was the first President?

Answer 13

George Washington