There were 10 British colonies in North America
False
Representatives are the people we send to speak for us in the government.
True
The Declaration of Independence is a song that was written by the King of Great Britain.
False! The Declaration of Independence was written by the colonists to be free from Britain!
Washington, D.C., is the capital of the United States.
True
The president of the United States is a very important leader of our government.
True
The government is the group of people who makes decisions and laws for a larger group of people.
True
The Boston Tea Party was a fancy party where the colonists and the king of Great Britain sat down and drank tea together
False! The Boston Tea Party were against taxes so dumped tea into the harbor.
According to legend, Betsy Ross refused to make a flag for the new nation.
False! Betsy Ross made our flag!
The “shot heard round the world” was the end of the fighting between the Minutemen and Redcoats.
False! It was the first shot that BEGAN the fighting.
Paul Revere made his ride to warn the colonists that the Redcoats were coming.
True!
The Fourth of July is a national holiday to celebrate the approval of the Declaration of Independence. (
True!
Our nation’s capital, Washington, D.C., was named for Thomas Jefferson.
False! It was named after George Washington
Native Americans, African Americans, and women were not given the same freedoms that colonial men enjoyed in colonial America.
True!
The first USA flag had 50 stars and 13 stripes.
False! There were only 13 stars and 13 stripes to represent the colonies.
The original thirteen colonies became the first thirteen states of the United States of America.
True
I was commander in chief of the Continental Army that defeated the British army at Yorktown, winning the war for the Americans.
George Washington
