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  • What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?
    life • liberty • pursuit of happiness
  • What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?
    Africans/ People from Africa
  • When was the Constitution written?
    1787
  • Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
    Native Americans/ American Indians
  • When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
    July 4, 1776
  • Who is the “Father of Our Country”?
    (George) Washington
  • What is another name for England?
    Great Britain
  • Name one American Indian tribe in the United States.
    Cherokee/ Cheyenne/ Navajo/ Sioux/ Chippewa/ Iroquois...
  • What is another name for the American Revolution?
    Revolutionary War/ War of Independence
  • Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
    (Thomas) Jefferson
  • Who was the first President?
    (George) Washington
  • 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”
  • There were 13 original states. Name three.
    New Hampshire • Massachusetts • Rhode Island • Connecticut • New York •New Jersey • Pennsylvania • Delaware • Maryland • Virginia • North Carolina • S. Carolina
  • What is one reason colonists came to America?
    Freedom/ Political Liberty/ Religious Freedom/ Economic Reasons/ Escape Persecution
  • What happened at the Constitutional Convention?
    The Constitution was written. • The Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution.
  • Why did the colonists fight the British?
    Because of high taxes/ Because the British army stayed in their house/ Because they did not have self government
  • What did the Declaration of Independence do?
    announced our independence (from Great Britain)
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