Colonial Period and Independence Flashcards

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  1. What is one reason colonists came to America?
A

▪ freedom
▪ political liberty
▪ religious freedom
▪ economic opportunity
▪ practice their religion
▪ escape persecution

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  1. Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
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▪ American Indians
▪ Native Americans

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  1. What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?
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▪ Africans
▪ people from Africa

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  1. 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

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  1. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
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▪ (Thomas) Jefferson

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  1. When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
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▪ July 4, 1776

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  1. There were 13 original states. Name three.
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▪ New Hampshire
▪ Massachusetts
▪ Rhode Island
▪ Connecticut
▪ New York
▪ New Jersey
▪ Pennsylvania
▪ Delaware
▪ Maryland
▪ Virginia
▪ North Carolina
▪ South Carolina
▪ Georgia

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  1. What happened at the Constitutional Convention?
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▪ The Constitution was written.
▪ The Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution.

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  1. When was the Constitution written?
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▪ 1787

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  1. The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers.
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▪ (James) Madison
▪ (Alexander) Hamilton
▪ (John) Jay
▪ Publius

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  1. What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?
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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

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  1. Who is the “Father of Our Country”?
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▪ (George) Washington

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  1. Who was the first President?*
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▪ (George) Washington

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