Colonial Period and Independence

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

• Delaware

• Massachusetts

• Maryland

• Rhode Island

• Virginia

• Connecticut

• North Carolina

• New York

• South Carolina

• New Jersey

• Georgia

• Pennsylvania

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

What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?

• the Louisiana Territory

• Louisiana

Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s.

• War of 1812

• Mexican-American War

• Civil War

• Spanish-American War

Name the U.S. war between the North and the South.

• the Civil War

• the War between the States

Name one problem that led to the Civil War.

• slavery

• economic reasons

• states' rights

What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did?

• freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation)

• saved (or preserved) the Union

• led the United States during the Civil War

What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

• freed the slaves

• freed slaves in the Confederacy

• freed slaves in the Confederate states

• freed slaves in most Southern states

What did Susan B. Anthony do?

• fought for women's rights

• fought for civil rights