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Colonial Period

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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 and Native Americans
What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves ? Africans and 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 and because they did not 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, Rhode Island and New York.
What happened at the Constitution Convention? The Constitution was written and 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, Hamilton, John Jay and Publius
What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for? U.S. diplomat, oldest member of the Constitutional Convention, and writer of the "Poor Richard's Almanac"
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, Civil War, Spanish-American War and Mexican-American War.
Name the U.S. was between the North and the South: The Civil War and the War between the States.
Name one problem that led to the Civil War: slavery, economic reasons, and states ' right
What was one important thing Abraham Lincoln did? Freed the slaves, freed slaves in the Confederacy, freed slaves in Confederate states and freed slaves in most Southern states.
What did Susan B. Anthony do? Fought for women's right and fought for civil rights.
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