Civics Exam Review-Section 4-Am. History-Colonial/Indep.

What is NOT a reason colonists came to America?

• Better retirement benefits

• Freedom

• Economics Opportunity

• To practice religion

• To escape persecution

Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?

• Bostonians

• The Pilgrims

• Native Americans/American Indians

What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?

• Africans

• Criminals

• Latvians

Which is NOT the reason the colonists fought the British?

• Because of high taxes without representation.

• Because of restricted access to the Mississippi River.

• Because the British army stayed in their houses.

• Because they didn't have self-government.

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

• Benjamin Franklin

• George Washington

• James Madison

• Thomas Jefferson

When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?

• December 7, 1941

• July 4, 1776

• September 17, 1787

There were 13 original states. Name three.

• Arkansas

• Virginia

• Massachusetts

• Texas

• New York

What happened at the Constitutional Convention?

• Abraham Lincoln debated Stephen Douglas about the Emancipation Proclamation.

• The Constitution was replaced by the Bill of Rights.

• The Constitution was written.

• The Constitution was replaced by the Declaration of Independence.

When was the Constitution written?

• 1787

• 1865

• 1911

The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Which of the following were the writers? (choose 3)

• Alexander Hamilton

• Benjamin Franklin

• James Madison

• John Jay

• Thomas Jefferson