CKLA Domain 10: A New Nation

There were thirteen British colonies in North America. 

• True
• False

The Declaration of Independence was written by Thomas Jefferson to declare independence from Great Britain. 

• True
• False

The Boston Tea Party was a fancy party where the colonists and the king of Great Britain sat down and drank tea together. 

• True
• False

Paul Revere made his ride to warn the colonists that the Redcoats were coming. 

• True
• False

“One, if by land, and two, if by sea” was a song that the Redcoats sang when they were marching. 

• True
• False

The Fourth of July is a national holiday to celebrate the approval of the Declaration of Independence.

• True
• False

According to legend, Betsy Ross refused to make a flag for the new nation.

• True
• False

The “shot heard round the world” was the end of the fighting between the Minutemen and Redcoats.

• True
• False

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal . . .” are the beginning words of the Declaration of Independence.

• True
• False

Our nation’s capital, Washington, D.C., was named for Thomas Jefferson. 

• True
• False