100 Civics Questions - AMERICAN HISTORY A: Colonial Period and Independence

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58. What is one reason colonists came to America?

freedom

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59. Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?

American Indians

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

Africans

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61. Why did the colonists fight the British?

because of high taxes

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62. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

Thomas Jefferson

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63. When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?

July 4, 1776

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64. There were 13 original states. Name three.

New York

North Carolina

South Carolina

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65. What happened at the Constitutional Convention?

The Constitution was written.

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66. When was the Constitution written?

1787

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67. The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers.

John Jay

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68. 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

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69. Who is the "Father of Our Country"?

George Washington

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70. Who was the first President?*

first president - George Washington