What ocean is on the West Coast of the United States?
the Pacific
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Name one U.S. territory.
Guam (there are others)
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Name ONE American Indian tribe in the United States?
Hopi (there are others)
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Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
American Indians (Native Americans)
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Why does the flag have 13 stripes?
because there were 13 original colonies
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What is one reason colonists came to America?
for freedom (there are other answers)
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Name 2 national U.S. holidays.
Columbus Day and Thanksgiving
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What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?
people from Africa
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Why did the colonists fight the British?
High taxes (they wanted to choose their own leaders)
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What did the Declaration of Independence do?
It said the United States is free.
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What are 2 rights in the Declaration of Independence?
life and liberty
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When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
July 4, 1776
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When do we celebrate Independence Day?
July 4
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There were 13 original states. Name 3.
New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire (Virginia, Maryland, N. Carolina, Georgia, S. Carolina, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts)
