U.S. History and Government

Front

What is the capital of your state?

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Sacramento

Front

The colonists came to America for many reasons. Name one.

Back

• Freedom 

• Political liberty 

• Religious freedom 

• Economic opportunity 

• Escape persecution

Front

Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?

Back

-American Indians

• Native Americans

Front

Name one American Indian tribe in the United States.

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Apache, Blackfeet , Cayuga , Cherokee , Cheyenne , Chippewa  , Choctaw , Creek , Crow , Hopi , Huron , Inupiat , Lakota, Mohawk , Mohegan , Navajo , Oneida , Onondaga , Pueblo , Seminole. Seneca . Shawnee , Sioux, Teton,

• Tuscarora

Front

What group of people was taken and sold as slaves?

Back

-Africans

-People from Africa

Front

What war did the Americans fight to win independence from Britain?

Back

 American Revolution

The (American) Revolutionary War

War for (American) Independence

Front

Name one reason why the Americans declared independence from Britain.

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• High taxes

• Taxation without representation

• British soldiers stayed in Americans’ houses (boarding, quartering)

• They did not have self-government

• Boston Massacre

• Boston Tea Party (Tea Act)

• Stamp Act

• Sugar Act

• Townshend Acts

• Intolerable (Coercive) Acts

Front

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

Back

(Thomas) Jefferson

Front

When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?

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July 4, 1776