American History - Colonial Period and Independence Flashcards
What is one reason colonists came to america?
-freedom
-political liberty
-religious freedom
-economic opportunity
-practice their religious
-escape persecution
who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
-native americans
what group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?
people from Africa
why did colonists fight the british?
-high taxes, taxation without representation
-the british army stayed in their houses, boarding/quartering
-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 3
-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 by the founding fathers
when was the constitution written?
1787
the federalist papers supported the passage of the US constitution. Name 1 of the writers
-James Madison
-Alexander Hamilton
-john Jay
-Publius
What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?
-US diplomat
-oldest member of the Constitutional Convention
-first Postmaster General of the US
-writer of “Poor Richard’s Almanac”
-started the first free libraries
who was the father of our country?
George Washington
who was the first president?
George Washington
