HISTORY: Colonial Period and Independence

Question 1

What is one reason colonists came to America?

Answer 1

Any ONE of these answers:
- Freedom
- Political liberty
- Religious freedom
- Economic opportunity
- Practice their religion
- Escape persecution

Question 2

Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?

Answer 2

Native Americans

Question 3

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

Answer 3

People from Africa

Question 4

Why did the colonists fight the British?

Answer 4

Any ONE of these answers:
- Because of high taxes (taxation without representation)
- Because the British army stayed in their houses (boarding, quartering)
- Because they didn’t have self-government

Question 5

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

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 three.

Answer 7

Any THREE of these answers:
- New York
- New Jersey
- Massachusetts
- Pennsylvania
- New Hampshire
- Rhode Island
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Maryland
- Virginia
- North Carolina
- South Carolina
- Georgia

Question 8

What happened at the Constitutional Convention?

Answer 8

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 one of the writers.

Answer 10

Any ONE of these answers:
- James Madison
- Alexander Hamilton
- John Jay
- Publius

Question 11

What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?

Answer 11

Any ONE of these answers:
- He was a U.S. diplomat and the oldest member of the Constitutional Convention

Question 12

Who is the “Father of Our Country”?

Answer 12

George Washington

Question 13

Who was the first President?

Answer 13

George Washington