Citizenship Test Colonial Period and Independence

What are the reasons colonists came to America? Check all that apply

• to avoid work

• political liberty

• economic opportunity

• political freedom

• freedom from democratic rule

Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?

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

Why did the colonists fight the British? Check all that apply

• because of high taxes

• because the British army stayed in their houses

• because they didn’t have self-government

• To become part of the French Empire:

• To enforce stricter religious uniformity

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?

categorize the following states

Groups:

(a) one of the original 13 sates

,

(b) NOT one on the original 13 states

• Connecticut
• Florida
• Virginia
• West Virginia

• Massachusetts
• Ohio
• New York

• Delaware
• North Carolina

• Rhode Island
• Illinois
• Pennsylvania
• Maine

• Kentucky

• New Jersey

What happened at the Constitutional Convention?

The

The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Who were the authors?

Groups:

(a) authors

,

(b) NOT authors

• George Washington

• John Adams

• John Jay

• Alexander Hamilton

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Madison

Who is the “Father of Our Country”?