American A Flashcards
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?
• American Indians
• Native Americans
What group of people was taken to America
and sold as slaves?
• Africans
• people from Africa
Why did the colonists fight 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
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
• (Thomas) Jefferson
When was the Declaration of Independence
adopted?
July 4, 1776
There were 13 original states. Name three.
• New Hampshire
• Massachusetts
• Rhode Island
• Connecticut
• New York
• New Jersey
• Pennsylvania
• Delaware
• Maryland
• Virginia • North Carolina • South Carolina • Georgia
What happened at the Constitutional Convention?
• The Constitution was written. • The Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution.
When was the Constitution written?
1787
The Federalist Papers supported the passage
of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers.
• (James) Madison
• (Alexander) Hamilton
• (John) Jay
• Publius
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
Who is the “Father of Our Country”?
(George) Washington
Who was the first President?*
(George) Washington
