1. | What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for | A. | freedom, political liberty, religious freedom, economic opportunity, practice their religion, escape persecution |
2. | Why did the colonists fight the British | B. | July 4, 1776 |
3. | There were 13 original states. Name three | C. | 1787 |
4. | What is one reason colonists came to America | D. | (Thomas) Jefferson |
5. | What happened at the Constitutional Convention | E. | 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 |
6. | The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers | F. | (James) Madison, (Alexander) Hamilton, (John) Jay, Publius |
7. | Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived | G. | because of high taxes (taxation without representation), because the British army stayed in their houses (boarding, quartering), because they didn't have self-government |
8. | What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves | H. | (George) Washington |
9. | Who is the "Father of Our Country" | I. | New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia |
10. | 70. Who was the first President? | J. | (George) Washington |
11. | Who wrote the Declaration of Independence | K. | American Indians, Native Americans |
12. | When was the Declaration of Independence adopted | L. | Africans, people from Africa |
13. | When was the Constitution written | M. | The Constitution was written, The Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution |