Colonial period and independence
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- Which reason brought many colonists to America?
- Before European ships arrived, which people already lived in America?
- Which group of people was taken from their homes and sold as slaves in America?
- Americans fought a war to win freedom from Britain. What is this war called?
- Which action by Britain helped push the colonists toward independence?
- Which complaint about the King appears in the Declaration of Independence?
- The Declaration complains that the King kept standing armies in peacetime without what?
- The Declaration says the King blocked a law that would help which group move to America?
- Which person was the main writer of the Declaration of Independence?
- On what date did the Continental Congress adopt the Declaration of Independence?
- Which three rights does the Declaration name among the rights people have from their Creator?
- In the Declaration, the colonies said they were free from loyalty to which power?
- At the end of the Declaration, what did the signers promise each other?
- Which battle was an important event of the American Revolution?
- Where did the British army surrender in the American Revolution?
- Georgia was one of the 13 original states.
- Which state was one of the 13 original states?
- The Constitution was signed in which year?
- Who was one of the writers of the Federalist Papers?
- What did the essays of the Federalist Papers do for readers?
- Which job did Benjamin Franklin hold?
- Which person led the Continental Army?
- Benjamin Franklin was the president of the Constitutional Convention.
- Which person is called the Father of the Constitution?
- Who was the first Secretary of the Treasury?
- James Madison founded the University of Virginia.