Lesson 2 Team D Born on the 4th of July

When is the United State's birthday?

• the Fifth of July

• July 4, 1776

• July 5, 1777

• July 3, 1776

What is NOT usually included on the Fourth of July?

• parades

• fireworks

• a turkey

• picnics

A cause is WHAT happens.

• true

• false

An effect is WHY something happens.

• true

• false

In 1776, America only had ______ colonies.

• 12

• 13

• 14

• 15

The people who lived in the 13 colonies MAINLY came from Great Britain.

• True

• False

Why did King George III have people in the colonies pay taxes?

• it cost a lot of money to keep soldiers in the new land

• tea

• jewels

• farming

The colonists felt like the British soldiers were NOT in the colonies to help them.

• True

• False

The colonists lived in America.

• True

• False

What is the Declaration of Independence?

• a piecce of writing that only claimed the colonists would not have to pay taxes

• a document about the 4th of July

• a document about taxes and parades

• a piece of writing that claimed the colonies were free from Great Britain