There were 13 original states. Which state was NOT one of the original 13 colonies

• Virginia

• New York

• Pennsylvania

• California

What is the reason early colonists came to America?

• religious freedom

• political liberty

• economic opportunity

• all of the above

Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?

• American Indians

• immigrants

• pioneers

• no one

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

• Africans

• American Indians

• indentured servants

• Europeans

Why did the colonists fight the British?

• because of taxation without representation

• because they didn't have self-government

• a and b

• none of the above

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• Alexander Hamilton

• James Madison

When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?

• January 1, 1700

• July 4, 1776

• December 25, 1800

• September 11, 1776

What was Benjamin Franklin famous for?

• U.S. diplomat

• member of the Constitutional Convention

• started the first free libraries

• all of the above

What happened at the Constitutional Convention?

• a new Constitution was written

• Declaration of Independence was written

• the Bill of Rights was written

• state constitutions were written

When was the Consitution written?

• 1776

• 1787

• 1803

• 1812