freedom political liberty religious freedom economic opportunity practice their religion escape persecution
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Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
American Indians Native Americans
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What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?
Africans People from Africa
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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
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Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
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When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
July 4, 1776
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There were 13 original states. Name three.
New Hampshire Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Delaware Maryland Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia
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What happened at the Constitutional Convention?
The Constitution was written. The Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution.
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When was the Constitution written?
1787
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The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S Constitution. Name one of the writers.
James Madison Alexander Hamilton John Jay Publius
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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